 ARA Granville (P-33) in 2005
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Drummond class |
| Builders | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Operators |  Argentine Navy |
| In service | 1978 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Active | 0 |
| Laid up | 3 in reserve |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 1,170 tons (1,320 tons full load)[1] |
| Length | 80 m (260 ft)[1] |
| Beam | 10.3 m (34 ft)[1] |
| Draught | 3.55 m (11.6 ft)[1] |
| Installed power | 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)[1] |
| Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 12 PC 2.2 V400 diesels, 2 × CP propellers[1] |
| Speed | 23.3 knots (43 km/h)[1] |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)[1] |
| Endurance | 15 days[1] |
| Complement | 5 officers, 79 enlisted, 95 berths[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | small pad for VERTREP |
The Drummond class are three corvettes designed and built in France based on the A69 D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos. The ships were commissioned in the Argentine Navy between 1978 and 1982.
The ships, when operational, serve in the "Atlantic Area of Operations" of the Argentine Navy, based on Mar del Plata Naval Base, province of Buenos Aires. Their mission is to patrol Argentina's exclusive economic zone and to enforce fishing regulations,[2][3] but according to reports in November 2012 they "hardly sail because of lack of resources for operational expenses".[4] As of 2020 only Granville, which had been refitted in mid-2019, was reported operational, with the other ships of the class in reserve.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15 ed.). Naval Institute Press. p. 9. ISBN 9781591149552.
- ^ Gallo, Daniel (2 January 2021). "Pesca ilegal. Vigilan los movimientos de una flota extranjera de 250 barcos" [Illegal fishing. Watching the movements of a foreign fleet of 250 ships]. La Nación (Argentina) (in Spanish).
- ^ "La depredación del Mar Argentino" [Pillage of the Argentine seas]. La Nación (Argentina) (in Spanish). 10 March 2006.
- ^ "Argentine navy short on spares and resources for training and maintenance". MercoPress. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28.
- ^ Bettolli, Carlos Borda (3 August 2020). "Informe a diputados – Medios insuficientes para las Patrullas de Control de Mar". Zona Militar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 8 July 2021.