ARA Guerrico in 2005 |
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| Career (South Africa) | |
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| Class and type: | D'Estienne d'Orves class Aviso |
| Ordered: | February 1976[1] |
| Builder: | Lorient, France |
| Laid down: | 01 October 1976 |
| Launched: | 13 September 1977 |
| Christened: | SAS Transvaal |
| Out of service: | 17 November 1977 |
| Fate: | Delivery blocked by UNSCR 418 during sea trials in France |
| Career (Argentina) | |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral Martin Guerrico |
| Operator: | Argentine Navy |
| Ordered: | 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 1978 |
| In service: | 9 November 1978 |
| Renamed: | ARA Guerrico |
| Homeport: | Mar del Plata |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type A69 Drummond class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,170 tons |
| Length: | 80 m |
| Beam: | 10.3 m |
| Draught: | 3.55 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 Diesel engines 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) 2 shafts/propellers |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 95 |
| Armament: | 4 Exocet anti-ship missiles 1 100 mm dual purpose gun 4 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 2 .50cal machine guns 2 20 mm automatic guns 6 324 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | none |
ARA Guerrico (P-32) is a Drummond class corvette of the Argentine Navy. She is the first vessel to be named after Rear Admiral Martin Guerrico who fought in the 19th century War of the Triple Alliance.
She carried the P-2 pennant number until the introduction of the Espora class corvettes in 1985 when she became P-32.
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Guerrico was built in 1977 in France for the South African Navy to be named SAS Transvaal but was embargoed at the last minute by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418. It was sold to Argentina instead and delivered on November 9, 1978. She was rushed into service and deployed a month later for the Operation Soberanía against Chile.
In 1982 she served in the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) most notably in the Invasion of South Georgia where she was damaged by Royal Marines weapon fire which led to her spending three days in dry dock for repairs[2] before rejoining the fleet as part of Task Group 79.4, alongside her sister ships operating to the north of the islands[3].
In 1994, Guerrico and her sisters participated in Operation Uphold Democracy, the United Nations blockade of Haiti. During this time, she was based at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico.[4]
She has also served as support ship of the Buenos Aires-Rio de Janeiro tall ships races.
She is currently based at Mar del Plata and routinely conducts fishery patrol duties in the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone having captured several trawlers in recent years[5][6].
Portions based on a translation from Spanish Wikipedia.
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