Almirante Brown class

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Almirante Brown class
The sarandi
The sarandi
Ship data
country ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Ship type destroyer
draft Meko 360
Shipyard Blohm + Voss , Hamburg
Units built 4th
period of service Since 1983
Ship dimensions and crew
length
126 m ( Lüa )
width 14 m
Draft Max. 5.8 m
displacement 3360  t
 
crew 224 men
Machine system
machine COGAG drive
2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3-B
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C
Machine
performance
51,600 hp (37,952 kW)
Top
speed
30.5 kn (56 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
Sensors

The Almirante Brown class is part of the MEKO ship series from Blohm + Voss .

On January 23, 1979, the German shipyard received an order from the Argentine Navy to build four Meko 360 ships as part of the “National Shipbuilding Plan” (“Plan Nacional de Construcciones Navales”) Destroyer Squadron (today: Division of Destroyers) put into service. It is about:

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

The Sarandí was the flagship of the Argentine Navy in 2005 . The class is listed there as a destroyer.

Web links

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