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MARISCAL SUCRE frigates (1980-1982)

General Urdaneta 1990

Mariscal Sucre 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Mariscal Sucre F21   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 19.11.1976 28.9.1978 10.5.1980 in service (2019)
Almirante Brión F22   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 6.1977 22.2.1979 7.3.1981 in service (2019)
General Urdaneta F23   CNR, Ancona, Italy 23.1.1978 23.3.1979 8.8.1981 in service (2019)
General Soublette F24   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 26.8.1978 4.1.1980 4.12.1981 in service (2019)
General Salóm F25   CNR, Ancona, Italy 7.11.1978 13.1.1980 3.4.1982 in service (2019)
Almirante García (ex-General José Felix Ribas) F26   CNR, Riva Trigoso, Italy 21.8.1979 4.10.1980 30.7.1982 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2200

Displacement full, t

2525

Length, m

106.0 pp 113.7 oa

Breadth, m

12.0

Draught, m

3.84 hull

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 General Electric-Fiat LM-2500 gas turbines / 2 GMT A230-2M diesels

Power, h. p.

50000 / 7900

Max speed, kts

35

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5500(16)

Armament

8 x 1 Teseo Mk 2 SSM (8 Otomat Mk 2), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM (8 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 127/54 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (A-244S), 1 helicopter (AB-212ASW)

Electronic equipment

3RM-20, RAN-10S, RAN-11X, 2x RTN-10X, 2x RTN-20X radar, Edo 610E sonar, Lambda-F ECM suite, 2x SCLAR decoy LR, IPN-10 CCS

Complement

185

Project history: Very similar to standard Italian Lupo class, differing by fixed hangar and no reloads for SAM.

Modernizations: 2002, Mariscal Sucre, Almirante Brión: 2 GMT A230-2M diesels were replaced by 2 MTU 20V1163 diesels (19800hp); - RAN-10S radar, Edo 610E sonar, Lambda-F ECM suite, IPN-10 CCS; + EL/M-2238 radar, 21HS-7 sonar, NS-9003, NS-9005 ECM suites, ENTCS 2000 CCS, complement becomes 131

2003, General Urdaneta; 2004, General Soublette: - Edo 610E sonar; + 21HS-7 sonar

2017, Almirante García: - 2 x 3 - 324 TT

Naval service: No significant events.

Mariscal Sucre 1980

Almirante Brión 2007

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