ALMIRANTE BROWN CLASS DESTROYER

''Almirante Brown'' class (MEKO 360H2 type) destroyers were all commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy. As of 2005, ARA Sarandí is the Argentinian fleet flagship.

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Specification

Ships in the class

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Specification

★ 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:

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★ 2 shafts

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★ 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM-1C cruise gas turbines, 10,200 shp tot.

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★ 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B boost gas turbines, 25,800 shp tot.

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★ Max shaft horsepower: 51,600 shp max

★ Speed: 30.5 knots

★ Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 18 knots

★ Armament

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★ 8 MM 40 Exocet SSM

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★ 1 8-cell Albatros SAM (24 Aspide missiles)

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★ 1 5/54 DP

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★ 4 twin 40 mm 70-cal. OTO Melara AA

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★ 12.7 mm machine guns

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★ 2 triple 324 mm ILAS-2 ASW torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes tot.)'

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★ 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

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★ Racal Scimitar jammer, 2 20-round OTO Melara SCALR decoy

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★ 1 Graseby G1738 towed torpedo decoy

★ Concept/Program: German-built general purpose frigates; the main strength of the Argentine navy.

★ Builders: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany.

★ Design: MEKO 360 modular design.

Ships in the class

★ ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)

★ ARA La Argentina (D-11)

★ ARA Heroína (D-12)

★ ARA Sarandí (D-13)

External links

★ World Navies Today: Argentina