![]() ARA Intrépida (P-85) at its homeport, Ushuaia
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Lürssen |
Operators | ![]() |
Built | 1970s |
In commission | 1974-present |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast attack craft |
Displacement | 268 tons (full load) |
Length | 174 ft 3 in (53.11 m) |
Draft | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Range | 1,450 nautical miles (3,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 5 officers, 31 enlisted |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Racal RDL 1 |
Armament | 2 Aerospatiale Exocet MM 38; 1 OTO Melara 3 in (76 mm)/62 compact; 1 or 2 Bofors 40 mm/70; 2 Oerlikon 81 mm rocket launchers; 2 21 in (533 mm) torpedo launchers, AEG SST-4 torpedoes |
The Intrépida class is a class of fast attack craft that was built by Lürssen for the Argentine Navy in the early 1970s. The ships are based on Lürssen's TNC 45 design.
Operational history
[edit]As of 2021 Intrépida was reported active and participated in a sea exercise with the destroyer Sarandi, the corvettes Espora, Spiro, Robinson and Gómez Roca and with aircraft from Argentine naval aviation.[1][2]
Both vessels were reported active on exercises in 2022.[3]
Ships in the class
[edit]See also
[edit]- Albatros-class fast attack craft (Type 143)
- Gepard-class fast attack craft (Type 143A)
- Tiger-class fast attack craft (Type 148)
- Sa'ar 4-class missile boat (Reshef)
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Luis Piñeiro (2 September 2021). "La Armada Argentina sale de maniobras" [Argentine Navy finishes manoeuvres]. defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "La Armada Argentina concluyó una nueva etapa de adiestramiento de la Flota de Mar" [The Argentine Navy concluded a new stage of training for the Sea Fleet]. zona-militar.com (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "La Armada Argentina se ejercitó en aguas del Canal Beagle". 9 August 2022.
Bibliography
[edit]- Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006. Ignacio Amendolara Bourdette, ISBN 987-43-9400-5, Editor n/a. (Spanish/English text)
Further reading
[edit]- Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 987-43-9400-5. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
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External links
[edit]- Argentine Navy official site, specifications and brief history Archived 2016-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)