Espora Class Corvettes  (English, Paperback, unknown)

Chapters: Espora class corvette, ARA G?mez Roca, ARA Parker, ARA Robinson, ARA Spiro, ARA Rosales, ARA Espora,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Espora class (MEKO 140A16 type) corvettes were all commissioned between 1985 and 2004 for the Argentine Navy, the first four (P-41 to P-44) in 1985-1990 and the last two (P-45/46) in 2001-2004. The ships were designed by the German shipyard Blohm + Voss as a development of the Portuguese Navy Jo?o Coutinho class, begun by the Portuguese naval engineer Rog?rio de Oliveira in the late 1960s. All the ships of the class were built in Argentina at the AFNE "R?o Santiago" shipyard, close to the city of La Plata in Buenos Aires Province. The contract was signed on 1 August 1979. Although considered by its designers to be frigates, the Espora class vessels have been classed in Argentina as corvettes. The ships currently serve in the High Seas Fleet ("Flota de Mar") of the Argentine Navy, based in Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, close to the city of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)Armament Aircraft: aft helicopter deck (and telescopic hangar in the second batch vessels); 1 SA-319B Alouette III or 1 AS-555-SN ?Fennec helicopterComplement:100Radar: Sonar: Atlas Elektronik ASO 4 (hull)Electronic Warfare Datalink: Signaal SewacoWeapons Control System: Signaal WM22/41, Lirod director (radar/optronic) First Batch: Second Batch: ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12273595