D-13 Sarandí

Country:  Argentina

Class, [Type]: Meko 360 H2, [FF].

Builder: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany.

Launch date: 31 August 1982.

Commission date: 27 April 1984.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.600.

Dimensions ( metres ): 125,9 x 14 x 5,8

Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50.000 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM1C gas turbines ( 9.900 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30,5.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 18 knots.

Complement: 200 ( 26 officers ).

Guns: 1 x Otto Melara 127mm/54 automatic, 4 x Breda Bofors 20mm/70 ( double ).

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x Aerospatiale MM40 Exocet; SAM: 1 x octuple Selenia/Elsag Albatros launcher for Aspide ( 24 missiles ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm ( two triple ILAS 3 launchers ) for Whitehead AS-244 torpedoes.

Radar: Air/Surface search: Signaal DA08; Surface search: Signaal ZW06; Fire Control: Signaal STIR; Navigation: Racal Decca TM 1226, I band.

Sonar: STN Atlas Elektronik KAE 80, hull mounted, search and attack modes, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: ESM/ECM: Sphinx/Scimitar; Decoys: CSEE Dagaie. Graseby G1738 towed torpedo decoy. 2 x Breda SCLAR chaff rocket launchers.

Helicopter: 2 x Aerospatiale 550 Fenec: nº 3-H-131 (863) y 3-H-134 (866). (866)..

Callsign: LOAO ()

Homeport: Puerto Belgrano.

Unit: 2nd Destroyer Division.