ARA Almirante Brown
Germany
Builders:	Blohm und Voss
Operators:	Argentine Navy
In service:	1983
Ships in Class
Ships in class:	4
Ships in active service:	ARA Almirante Brown ARA La Argentina ARA Heroina ARA Sarandi
General Characteristics
Class type:	Multi-purpose frigate
Displacement:	3,360 tons
Length:	126 m
Beam:	14 m
Draught:	5.8 m
Propulsion and power:	COGAG (4 turbines) 36,000 shp
Speed:	30.5 knots
Range:	4,500 miles
Complement:	224
Armament:	8 anti-ship missiles 24 surface-to-air missiles 1 dual purpose gun 8 anti-aircraft guns 6 torpedo tubes
Aircraft complement:	1 helicopter

Almirante Brown class (MEKO 360H2 type) destroyers were all commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy. As of 2005, ARA Sarandí is the Argentinian fleet flagship. Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_Argentina. ... Argentine Navy Jack The Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ... Principle of a COGAG propulsion system Combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships using two gas turbines connected to a single propeller shaft. ... RBS-15 missile launched from a Sisu missile carriage. ... Akash Missile Firing French Air Force Crotale battery Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... A dual purpose gun is a naval weapon mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each having two or more rotor blades. ... Argentine Navy Jack The Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ...

Specification

• 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 tot.
  • 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B boost gas turbines, 25,800 shp tot.
  • Max shaft horsepower: 51,600 shp max
• Speed: 30.5 knots
• Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 18 knots
• 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; the main strength of the Argentine navy.
• Builders: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
• Design: MEKO 360 modular design.

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Ships in the class

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

External links

• World Navies Today: Argentina