GOOD HOPE corvettes

Good Hope

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Good Hope	F432		DCN, Lorient, France	12.3.1976	5.3.1977	25.9.1978 // ---	completed for Argentina (Drummond)
Transvaal	F102		DCN, Lorient, France	1.10.1976	13.8.1977	10/1978 // ---	completed for Argentina (Guerrico)

Displacement standard, t

1100

Displacement full, t

1250

Length, m

76.0 pp 80.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.3

Draught, m

3.55 hull 5.25 sonar

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick 12PC 2V400 diesels

Power, h. p.

12000

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4500(15)

Armament

4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 68, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT

Electronic equipment

DRBV-51A, Decca 202, DRBC-32E radars, 2x Panda Mk 2 e/o director, Diodon sonar, DR-2000S3, Alligator 51 ECM suites, 2x Syllex decoy RL, MINIACO C31 CCS

Complement

95

Project history: Good Hope and Transvaal were originally built for South Africa under French A69 project, but delivery was embargoed in September 1978. They were purchased by Argentina on 25 September 1978. They were originally ordered for the French Navy as Lieutenant de Vaisseau le Henaff and Commandant I'Herminier.

Displacement standard, t	1100
Displacement full, t	1250
Length, m	76.0 pp 80.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.3
Draught, m	3.55 hull 5.25 sonar
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 SEMT-Pielstick 12PC 2V400 diesels
Power, h. p.	12000
Max speed, kts	24
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(15)
Armament	4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 68, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT
Electronic equipment	DRBV-51A, Decca 202, DRBC-32E radars, 2x Panda Mk 2 e/o director, Diodon sonar, DR-2000S3, Alligator 51 ECM suites, 2x Syllex decoy RL, MINIACO C31 CCS
Complement	95