ARA Espora (P-41)
Espora-class corvette of the Argentine Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see ARA Espora.
ARA Espora (P-41) is the lead ship of the MEKO 140A16 Espora class of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. Commissioned in 1985, she is used for fishery patrol. She is homeported at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base and is part of the Navy's 2nd Corvette Division with her five sister ships. The ship is the sixth ship to bear the name of Colonel (Navy) Tomás Espora, who fought in the Argentine Navy during the Cisplatine War. Generator failure left her stranded in South Africa for 73 days in late 2012.
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History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Espora |
Namesake | Tomás Espora |
Builder | Río Santiago Shipyard |
Laid down | 10 March 1980[1] |
Launched | 23 January 1982[1] |
Acquired | 5 July 1985 |
Commissioned | 4 September 1985 |
Homeport | Puerto Belgrano |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | MEKO 140A16 Espora-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,560 tons (1,790 tons full load)[1] |
Length | 91.2 m (299 ft 3 in)[1] |
Beam | 11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)[1] |
Draught | 3.33 m (10 ft 11 in)[1] (hull) |
Installed power | 22,600 bhp (16.9 MW)[1] |
Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC 2-5 V400 diesels, 2 × 5-blade props[1] |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)[1] |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1] |
Complement | 11 officers, 46 petty officers, 36 enlisted[1] |
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Aircraft carried | Eurocopter Fennec |
Aviation facilities | Helipad |
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