Английская Википедия:Esmeraldas-class corvette
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The Esmeraldas-class corvettes are a class of corvette in service with the Ecuadorian Navy, built in Italy by Fincantieri, entering service in the early 1980s.
The vessels were built on the Type 550 corvette design, similar to the Шаблон:Sclass2 and Шаблон:Sclass2s, built primarily for export.
Construction and design
Six corvettes were ordered by the Ecuadorian Navy from the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) (now part of Fincantieri) in 1978[1][2] or 1979.[3][4] They were a developed version of CNR's Wadi MШаблон:'ragh missile corvettes built for Libya in the late 1970s, with more powerful engines giving a higher speed and revised armament and equipment.[2][5]
The ships are Шаблон:Convert long overall and Шаблон:Convert between perpendiculars, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a Draft of Шаблон:Convert.[6] Displacement is Шаблон:Convert full load.[3] Four MTU MA20 V 956 TB 92 diesel engines rated at a total of Шаблон:Convert maximum power and Шаблон:Convert sustained power drive four propeller shafts, giving a short-term maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert and a sustained speed of Шаблон:Convert.[3][4] The ships have a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert, Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert[2] and Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. The ships have a crew of 51.[3][4]
The ships can carry six Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles in two triple mounts amidships, with a range of Шаблон:Convert, while a quadruple launcher for the Albatros surface to air missile system, firing the Aspide missile with a range of Шаблон:Convert is mounted at the aft end of the ship's superstructure, behind the mast. (No reload missiles are carried). An OTO Melara 76 mm Compact gun is fitted forward and a twin Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft mount is fitted aft. Two triple 324 mm torpedo tubes are fitted, capable of launching Italian Whitehead A244 anti-submarine torpedoes. A helipad is positioned between the Exocet launchers and the Bofors mounts, allowing a Bell 206 helicopter to be operated, although no hangar is provided for the helicopter.[2]
Sensors include a Selenia RAN-10S air/surface search radar, two Selenia Orion 10X fire control radars and a Thomson Sintra Diodon hull-mounted sonar.[4]
Ships in the class
| Шаблон:Navy - Esmeraldas class | |||||||||||
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| Name | Hull number[4] | Shipyard[4] | Laid down[4] | Launched[4] | Commissioned[4] | Status | |||||
| Шаблон:Ship | CM-11 | CNR Muggiano | 27 September 1979 | 1 October 1980 | 7 August 1982 | In service | |||||
| Шаблон:Ship | CM-12 | CNR Ancona | 19 February 1980 | 9 February 1981 | 21 June 1983 | In service | |||||
| Шаблон:Ship | CM-13 | CNR Muggiano | 5 December 1979 | 27 February 1981 | 9 October 1983 | In service | |||||
| Шаблон:Ship | CM-14 | CNR Ancona | 20 March 1980 | 9 February 1981 | 11 December 1983 | In service | |||||
| Шаблон:Ship | CM-15 | CNR Muggiano | 4 December 1980 | 4 July 1981 | 26 May 1984 | In service | |||||
| Шаблон:Ship | CM-16 | CNR Ancona | 24 March 1981 | 27 February 1982 | 26 May 1984 | In service | |||||
Service history
El Oro was badly damaged by a fire on 14 April 1985, and took two years to repair.[2] Two of the ships had their torpedo tubes removed for transfer to the two Шаблон:Sclasss purchased from the British Royal Navy in 1991 (BAE Presidente Eloy Alfaro and BAE Morán Valverde). It was planned to upgrade the ships' combat and fire control systems in 1993–1994, but a lack of funds prevented these changes.[4]
Three of the vessels of the class (Los Rios, Manabí and Loja) were refitted to extend their life by Astinave, being re-delivered in 2017–2018. Changes included fitting a locally developed combat management system called Orion.[7]
Citations
References
Шаблон:List of ships built by Fincantieri
