Presidente Eloy Alfaro 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Presidente Eloy Alfaro (ex-Penelope) | FM01 | 165 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 14.3.1961 | 17.8.1962 | 1.11.1963 // 25.4.1991 | stricken 2008 |
| Morán Valverde (ex-Danae) | FM02 | Devonport DYd, UK | 16.1.1965 | 21.10.1965 | 10.10.1967 // 25.4.1991 | stricken 2008 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2790 |
|
Displacement full, t |
3200 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
5.50 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
FM01: 2 sets White-English Electric Y-100 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers FM02: 2 sets White-English Electric Y-136 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
30000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 460 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(15) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22B SAM (24 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 helicopter (Bell 412EP) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 965 AKE-1, 2x type 904, type 1006, type 993 radars, type 184M, type 162M sonars, UA-8/9 ECM, type 668 ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC, 2x Corvus decoy RL, type 182 torpedo decoy, CAAIS CCS |
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Complement |
223 |
Project history: Former RN Leander class frigates, acquired as replacements for former USN destroyer and destroyer escort. TShips were transferred without Seacat and Exocet missiles, Exocets were transferred later.
Modernizations: 2001, both: - 2 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, type 993, 2x type 904 radars, US-8/9 ECM suite, CAAIS CCS; + 3 x 2 Simbad SAM (36 Mistral), 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 12, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (A-244S), type 994 radar, NS9010 ECV2 ECM suite, SP100 CCS
Naval service: No significant events.
Presidente Eloy Alfaro 1998
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