Almirante Brown class destroyer

ARA Almirante Brown
Class overview
Builders:	Blohm + Voss
Operators:	Argentine Navy
In service:	1983
Completed:	4
Active:	ARA Almirante Brown ARA La Argentina ARA Heroína ARA Sarandi
General characteristics
Displacement:	3,360 tons
Length:	126 m
Beam:	14 m
Draught:	5.8 m
Propulsion:	COGAG (4 turbines) 36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Speed:	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h)
Range:	4,500 mi (7,200 km)
Complement:	224
Armament:	8 Exocet anti-ship missiles 24 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 dual purpose gun 8 anti-aircraft guns 6 torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 helicopter

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

• ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)
• ARA La Argentina (D-11)
• ARA Heroína (D-12)
• ARA Sarandí (D-13)

References

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

• World Navies Today: Argentina