Almirante Brown class destroyer
The Almirante Brown is a class (MEKO 360H2 type) of destroyers commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy. As of 2005, ARA Sarandí is the Argentinian fleet flagship.
Specifications
- Displacement: 2,900 tons (empty); 3,360 tons (full load)
- Length: 413 ft (125.9 m)
- Beam: 49 ft(15 m)
- Draught: 19 ft(5.8 m)
- Propulsion:
- 2 shafts
- 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM-1C cruise gas turbines, 10,200 shp (7,600 kW) tot.
- 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B boost gas turbines, 25,800 shp (19,200 kW) tot.
- Max shaft horsepower: 51,600 shp (38,500 kW) max
- Speed: 30.5 knots (56.5 km/h)
- Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Armament
- 8 MM 40 Exocet SSM
- 1 8-cell Albatros SAM (24 Aspide missiles)
- 1 5/54 DP
- 4 twin 40 mm 70-cal. OTO Melara AA
- 12.7 mm machine guns
- 2 triple 324 mm ILAS-2 ASW torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes tot.)'
- 1 depth charge rack (9 depth charges)
- Aircraft: aft helicopter deck and hangar; 1 Alouette III or 1 AS-555-SN Fennec
- Complement:224
- Radar: DA-08A air/surface search
- Sonar: Krupp-Atlas 80 hull
- Fire Control: WM-25 gun control, STIR SAM control
- Electronic Warfare
- Racal Scimitar jammer, 2 20-round OTO Melara SCALR decoy
- 1 Graseby G1738 towed torpedo decoy
- Concept/Program: German-built general purpose frigates; they are the main surface asset of the Argentine navy.
- Builders: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
- Design: MEKO 360 modular design.
Ships in the class
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006. Ignacio Amendolara Bourdette, ISBN 987-43-9400-5, Editor n/a. (Spanish/English text)
External links
Almirante Brown-class destroyer
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