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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