MEKO 140

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Class overview
Builders	AFNE "Río Santiago"
Operators	Argentine Navy
Subclasses	Espora class
In commission	1985–present
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Frigate/corvette
Displacement	1,790 tons
Length	91.2 m (299 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 Diesel engines 15,210 kW (20,400 shp) 2 shafts/propellers
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	4 × Exocet anti-ship missiles 1 × 76 mm dual-purpose gun 4 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 2 × .50 cal machine guns 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 helicopter

The MEKO 140 is a frigate/corvette design by the German Blohm + Voss shipyard as part of the MEKO family of vessels. The MEKO 140 is a development of the Portuguese Navy's João Coutinho-class corvettes designed by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira in the late 1960s – three ships of which were built Blohm + Voss in 1970, as an outsourcing.