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