‘Looks more like a 3”.
ARA “DRUMMOND”
Displacement: n/a tons (empty); 1,170 tons (full load)
Length: n/a ft (80 m)
Beam: n/a ft (10.3 m)
Draught: n/a ft (3.55 m)
Propulsion:
2 shafts / propellers
2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PC2.2 V 400 diesel engines, 12.000 shp (8.948 kW) tot.
Max shaft horsepower: n/a shp max
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Armament
4 Aerospatiale MM 38 Exocet SSM
1 4in/55 (100 mm) Creusot-Loire CADAM turret DP automatic fast-firing gun
1 twin 40 mm 70-cal. OTO Melara (Breda Bofors) AA guns
2 20 mm L/ 90 Oerlikon automatic guns
2 12.7 mm machine guns
2 triple 324 mm ILAS-3 ASW torpedo tubes (Whitehead AS-244 torpedoes, quantity n/a)
Aircraft: None
Complement: 95
Radar:
Air/Surface Search: Signaal DA08 (equipped with IFF).
Surface Search & helicopter control: Signaal ZW06.
Fire Control: Signaal STIR
Navigation: Decca TM 1226
Sonar: Thomson Sintra Diodon
Electronic Warfare:
Decoys: (no details available)
Datalink: (no details available)
Weapons Control System: Thomson-CSF System Vega, CSEE Panda MK2 director (optical), NASA director (optronic, for the 40 mm gun).
Concept/Program: French designed and built general purpose avisos (classified as “corvettes” by the Argentine navy).
Builder: n/a shipyard, Lorient, France.
Designer: n/a, France.
Design: A69 type.