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The Almirante Brown is a class (MEKO 360H2
MEKO 360

The MEKO 360 is a class of five destroyers built in Germany for the Argentine Navy and Nigerian Navy Navies. The 360 was the first ship of the MEKO family of vessels built by Blohm und Voss....
 type) of destroyers commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy
Argentine Navy

The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force....
. As of 2005, ARA Sarandí is the Argentinian fleet flagship.








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The Almirante Brown is a class (MEKO 360H2
MEKO 360

The MEKO 360 is a class of five destroyers built in Germany for the Argentine Navy and Nigerian Navy Navies. The 360 was the first ship of the MEKO family of vessels built by Blohm und Voss....
 type) of destroyers commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy
Argentine Navy

The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force....
. 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 tot.
    • 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B boost gas turbines, 25,800 shp tot.
    • Max shaft horsepower: 51,600 shp max
  • Speed:
  • Range: at
  • Armament
    • 8 MM 40 Exocet
      Exocet

      The Exocet is a France-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. Several hundred were fired in combat during the 1980s....
       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
    Blohm + Voss

    Blohm + Voss is a Germany shipbuilding and engineering works. It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a general partnership named Blohm & Voss....
    , Hamburg, Germany.
  • Design: MEKO 360 modular design.


Ships in the class

  • ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)
    ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)

    ARA Almirante Brown is the lead ship of the Almirante Brown class destroyer series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the ninth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to be named for Admiral William Brown , the founder and commander of the Argentine Navy during Argentina's war of independence against Spain....
  • ARA La Argentina (D-11)
    ARA La Argentina (D-11)

    ARA La Argentina is the second ship of the MEKO 360 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the eighth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the corsair frigate La Argentina which conducted a privateer raid around the world against Spanish trade on 1817....
  • ARA Heroína (D-12)
    ARA Heroína (D-12)

    ARA Hero?na is the third ship of the Almirante Brown class destroyer series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the third ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the corsair frigate Heroina, which claimed the Falkland Islands for the United Provinces of the River Plate on November 6 1820...
  • ARA Sarandí (D-13)
    ARA Sarandí (D-13)

    ARA Sarand? is the third and last ship of the Almirante Brown class destroyer series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the fourth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the schooner Sarand?, which was a famous ship of the Argentine Navy during the Argentina-Brazil War between 1825 and...

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)

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