Presidente Eloy Alfaro 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Presidente Eloy Alfaro (ex-Almirante Condell) | FM01 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 5.6.1971 | 12.6.1972 | 21.12.1973 // 18.4.2008 | in service (2019) | |
| Morán Valverde (ex-Almirante Lynch) | FM02 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 6.12.1972 | 6.12.1973 | 25.5.1974 // 15.10.2008 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
2500 |
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Displacement full, t |
2962 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.50 hull 5.49 propellers |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Y-160 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 helicopter (Bell 206) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 1006, type 992Q, type 965 AKE-1, type 903 radars, type 162M, type 184M, type 170B sonars, NS9010 ECV2, type 668 ECM suites, 2x Corvus, 2x Barricade decoy RL, type 182 torpedo decoy, SP100 CCS |
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Complement |
263 |
Project history: Former Chilean Leander class frigates, retired from Chilean service in 2007 and transferred to Ecuador in 2008. Phalanx was removed prior the transfer but soon installed again, there are fitting for 3 twin Simbad SAMs (36 Mistral missiles) but really SAMs are not installed.
Modernizations: 2016, both: - Bell 206 helicopter; + SH-2G Super SeaSprite helicopter
Naval service: No significant events.
Presidente Eloy Alfaro 2011
© Ivan Gogin, 2019