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URUGUAYAN NAVY (URUGUAY)

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URUGUAY frigates (1967-1969/2008)

Uruguay 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Uruguay (ex-Comandante João Belo) 1   A C de Nantes, France 6.9.1965 22.3.1966 1.7.1967 // 14.3.2008 in service (2019)
Comandante Pedro Campbell (ex-Comandante Sacadura Cabral) 2   A C de Nantes, France 10.8.1967 15.3.1968 25.7.1969 // 8.4.2008 stricken late 2018
 

Displacement standard, t

1750

Displacement full, t

2230

Length, m

98.0 pp 102.7 oa

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

4.35

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 SEMT-Pielstick 12PC2.2 V400 diesels

Power, h. p.

16000

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil 210

Endurance, nm(kts)

7500(16)

Armament

2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 mod.5 TT (Mk 44)

Military load 2 LCP, 80 marines

Electronic equipment

type 1007, DRBV-22A, DRBC-31D, DRBV-50 radars, SQS-510 sonar, AR-700 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO-FD CCS

Complement

159

Project history: Former Portuguese frigates of Commandant Riviere class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Comandante Pedro Campbell was badly damaged by collision with Uruguay in May 2008 off South African coast bay later was repaired.

Uruguay 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019