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ERIN'MI corvettes (1980)

Erin'mi 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Erin'mi F83   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 14.10.1975 20.1.1977 29.1.1980 stricken 2012
Enymiri F84   Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, UK 11.2.1977 9.2.1978 2.5.1980 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

680

Displacement full, t

850

Length, m

64.0 pp 69.0 oa

Breadth, m

9.60

Draught, m

3.00 hull 3.60 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 MTU 20V956 TB92 diesels

Power, h. p.

20500

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2200(14)

Armament

1 x 3 SeaCat GWS-24 SAM (15 SeaCat), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL

Electronic equipment

Decca TM1226, AWS-2, WM-24 radars, PMS-26 sonar, Cutlass ECM suite

Complement

90

Project history: Vosper Thornycroft Mk 9 corvettes ordered in 1975. The funnel was heightened after trials.

Modernizations: early 1980s, both: + 2x Protean decoy RL

Naval service: Enymiri was stricken 1996 but restored in service in 2000 and was badly damaged by explosion and fire 23.12.2004 at Lagos. Returned to service in 2007.

Enymiri 1980

© Ivan Gogin, 2019