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| Product Type | Corvette |
| Country | Argentina |
| Product Name | Espora-class Corvette |
| Product Quantity | 3 |
| Unit Cost | 120,000,000.00 |
| Private / Encrypted? | No |
| Completion Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2024 |
| Total Cost | -360,000,000.00 |
| Product Information | Type 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] Sensors and processing systems Thales DA-05/2 air/surface search Thales WM-28, LIROD fire control Decca TM 1226 navigation (Consilium Selesmar NavBat on P45/6 Atlas AQS-1 hull MF sonar[1] Electronic warfare & decoys Decca RDC-2ABC Decca RCM-2 jammer 2 × Matra Dagaie decoys[1] Armament 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles (removed from Parker)[2][3] 1 × 76 mm/62 OTO Melara dual purpose gun 2 × DARDO twin 40 mm AA guns 2 × .50 cal machine guns 2 × triple 324 mm ILAS-3 tubes (WASS A-244S torpedoes)[1] Aircraft carried 1 × Eurocopter Fennec (P44-P46) Aviation facilities Helideck (all), telescoping hangar (P44-P46) |
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