MEKO 360
 Nigeria MEKO-360-H1 class Argentina MEKO H2 class
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 ARA Sarandi (D 13) |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Frigate / destroyer |
| units |
NNS Aradu (F89) (inactive)
ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)
ARA La Argentina (D-11)
ARA Heroína (D-12)
ARA Sarandí (D-13)
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| Shipyard | |
| Order | 1970s |
| delivery | 1978-1983 |
| period of service |
since 1982 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
3,360 ts (fully charged) |
| length |
126 m |
| width |
14 m |
| Draft |
5.8 m |
| crew |
224 |
| drive |
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| speed |
30.5 knots |
| Range |
6,500 nmi at 15 kn |
| Armament |
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| helicopter |
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The MEKO-360 class is a warship class from the German 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 360 class was the first in the MEKO ship series that was developed in the 1970s. The concept envisaged a modular ship that could easily be adapted for each customer.
NNS Aradu
The first ship to be commissioned was the Nigerian Aradu (F89) , which was delivered on January 25, 1980. The ship corresponds to the type MEKO 360 H1 . It is the largest in the Nigerian Navy .
The ship was repeatedly inoperable due to poor maintenance and has been berthing and repairing times for a long time to this day (2014). In 2005 and 2007, the Aradu was able to undertake voyages in international waters, so it took part in the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and in the 200th anniversary in honor of the Brazilian rise as an equal part of the Portuguese motherland.
Almirante Brown class, Argentina
On January 23, 1979, the German shipyard received an order from the Argentine Navy to build four Almirante-Brown destroyers based on the MEKO 360 as part of the “National Shipbuilding Plan ” ( Plan Nacional de Construcciones Navales ) In 1983 it was put into service in the 2nd Destroyer Squadron (today: Division of Destroyers).
The equipment of Almirante Brown was delayed by the outbreak of the Falklands War . The Rolls-Royce gas turbines that had already been delivered were picked up from the shipyard on April 2, 1982 and temporarily stored at a forwarding company in order to later send them back to the production plant; in addition, all construction-relevant documents supplied by Rolls-Royce were reclaimed and by the on-site working Rolls-Royce fitters. The gas turbines were not delivered again until two weeks after the end of the war and the Rolls-Royce technicians resumed their work.
The Sarandí was the flagship of the Argentine Navy in 2005. The class is listed there as a destroyer.
units
| country | Surname | Ship identification | Keel laying | Launch | In service |
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| Nigeria |
Aradu before Republic |
F89 | December 1, 1978 | January 25, 1980 | February 20, 1982 |
| Argentina | Almirante Brown | D10 | September 8, 1980 | March 28, 1981 | January 26, 1983 |
| Argentina | La Argentina | D11 | March 30, 1981 | September 25, 1981 | May 4th 1983 |
| Argentina | Heronia | D12 | August 24, 1981 | 17th February 1982 | October 31, 1983 |
| Argentina | Sarandi | D13 | March 9, 1982 | August 31, 1982 | April 16, 1984 |
photos
ARA Almirante Brown (D 10)
ARA La Argentina (D 11)
ARA Heroina (D 12)
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swell
- AC Toppan: World Navies Today: Argentina. (English), Haze, Gray & Underway, October 26, 2001, accessed November 24, 2008
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Shape: Jane's Naval Weapon Systems . Jane's Information Group, Alexandria , USA 1998, ISBN 0-7106-1795-X , pp. 12 and 475 ( English ).