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URUGUAYAN NAVY (URUGUAY)

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URUGUAY frigates (1962-1963/1988-1991)

Uruguay 2005

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Uruguay (ex-Commandant Bourdais) 1   Arsenal de Lorient, France 4.1959 15.4.1961 10.3.1963 // 20.8.1990 stricken 3.2008
General Artigas (ex-Victor Schoelcher) 2   Arsenal de Lorient, France 10.1957 11.10.1958 15.10.1962 // 19.12.1988 stricken 4.2005
Montevideo (ex-Amiral Charner) 4, later- 3   Arsenal de Lorient, France 11.1958 12.3.1960 14.12.1962 // 28.1.1991 stricken 2009
 

Displacement standard, t

1750

Displacement full, t

2230

Length, m

98.0 pp 103.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.5

Draught, m

4.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels

Power, h. p.

16000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

7500(16)

Armament

1: 2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 1 x 4 - 305 ASWRL

2, 3: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 1 x 4 - 305 ASWRL

Military load 2 LCP, 80 marines

Electronic equipment

DRBV-22A, DRBC-32C, DRBN-32 radars, DUBA-3, SQS-17 sonars, ARBR-16 ECM suite

Complement

166

Project history: Former French frigates of Commandant Riviere class.

Modernizations: 1992, Uruguay: + 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38)

2001, all: - 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM

Naval service: No significant events.

Montevideo 2002

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