MEKO 140

Blohm + Voss MEKO-140 class Argentina Espora class
ARA Espora (P-41)
Overview
Type	Frigate / Corvette
units	ARA Espora (P-41) ARA Rosales (P-42) ARA Spiro (P-43) ARA Parker (P-44) ARA Robinson (P-45) ARA Gómez Roca (P-46)
Shipyard	Planning: Blohm + Voss , Hamburg Execution: AFNE Rio Santiago shipyard La Plata
Order	1970s
delivery	1985-2001
period of service	since 1985
Technical specifications
displacement	1,790 ts
length	91.2 m
width	11.1 m
Draft	4.5 m
crew	100
drive	2 screws 2 diesels with 20,400  hp
speed	27 knots
Range	4,000 nmi at 18 kn
Armament	1 × 76/62 Compact 2 × 40 mm Bofors gun 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes 1 × depth bomb rail 2 × 12.7 mm ( Cal-50. ) MG 4 × Exocet - SSM
helicopter	Series 1: Landing area for 1 × Eurocopter AS555 or 1 × Alouette III From Series 2 with telescopic hangar

The MEKO-140 class is a warship class from Deutsche ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG . The class belongs to the MEKO series of ships and was developed by the Blohm + Voss shipyard in the 1970s .

history

The MEKO 140 class was the second in the MEKO ship series, after the MEKO 360 class. The concept envisaged ships the size of a frigate that could easily be customized for each customer.

The first three of the total of six ships of this class that were commissioned belonged to the Argentine Espora class , which was ordered on August 1, 1979. The class corresponded to the MEKO 140 A16 design . The ships were developed in Hamburg, but built in Argentina at the AFNE Rio Santiago shipyard in La Plata . Argentina classified the ships as corvettes . The first series included the ships:

• ARA Espora (P-41)
• ARA Rosales (P-42)
• ARA Spiro (P-43)

From 1983 a second series of ships was built. The last two ships were only finally completed and delivered in 2001 due to budget problems on the part of Argentina.

• ARA Parker (P-44)
• ARA Robinson (P-45)
• ARA Gómez Roca (P-46)

photos

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  ARA Robinson (P-45) fires with main gun

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  ARA Rosales (P-42) with sister ship in port

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  ARA Parker (P-44) in Buenos Aires , May 2004

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  ARA Rosales (P-42)

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  ARA Gómez Roca (P-46)

swell

• English language Wikipedia:
  • MEKO 140 , June 22, 2008, 18:52 UTC. (accessed November 24, 2008)
  • Espora class frigate , June 22, 2008, 18:54 UTC. (accessed November 24, 2008)
• MEKO 140 A16 corvettes on deagel.com, November 22, 2008 (accessed November 24, 2008)