MEKO 360
ARA Almirante Brown
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Blohm + Voss |
Operators | |
Subclasses | Almirante Brown class |
Built | 1978–1984 |
In commission | 1982–present |
Planned | 7 |
Completed | 5 |
Active | 3 |
Laid up | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 200 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter |
The MEKO 360 is a class of five ships built in
Variants
MEKO 360H1
A single vessel of the MEKO 360H1 variant was produced for the Nigerian Navy. Called NNS Aradu, it is one of the largest vessels of that navy.
MEKO 360H2
Six vessels were ordered and four vessels of a second variant, MEKO 360H2, were constructed for Argentina. They were locally named the Almirante Brown class. They are considered frigates[1] and destroyers[2] by different publications. The design is based on the concept of modular systems and is capable of changing the armament of the ship swiftly and can be modernized/refitted with more ease.[1]
The ships have a
The Argentinian vessels are armed with eight Exocet surface-to-surface missiles in two quad launchers mounted centrally and one octuple launcher for Aspide surface-to-air missiles mounted aft of the superstructure. The MEKO 360H2 are also equipped with one OTO Melara 5-inch (130 mm)/54 calibre naval gun forward of the superstructure, eight Bofors 40 mm/70 calibre guns, and two triple-mounted 324-millimetre (12.8 in) ILAS torpedo tubes.[2]
Ships
Name | Number | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | ||
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MEKO 360H1 | |||||||
NNS Aradu | F89 | 1 December 1978 | 25 January 1980 | 20 February 1982 | Laid up since at least 2017 | ||
MEKO 360H2 | |||||||
ARA Almirante Brown | D-10 | 8 September 1980 | 28 March 1981 | 26 January 1983 | In service | ||
ARA La Argentina | D-11 | 30 March 1981 | 25 September 1981 | 4 May 1983 | In service | ||
ARA Heroína | D-12 | 24 August 1981 | 17 February 1982 | 31 October 1983 | Laid up | ||
ARA Sarandí | D-13 | 9 March 1982 | 31 August 1982 | 16 April 1984 | In service | ||
ARA Rivadavia | D-14 | Cancelled | |||||
ARA Moreno | D-15 |
See also
- F125-class frigate
- Sachsen-class frigate
- Hamburg-class destroyer
- MEKO 140
- MEKO 200
- Halifax-class frigate
- Anzac-class frigate
- Formidable-class frigate
- La Fayette-class frigate
- Second Generation Patrol Vessel
Notes
- ^ a b c Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 8.
- ^ a b Saunders 2009, p. 12.
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław, eds. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010 (112 ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Jane's Information Group Inc. ISBN 978-0-7106-2888-6.