ARA Intrépida

ARA Intrépida at its home port in Ushuaia
History
Argentina
Operator Argentine Navy
Ordered1970
BuilderLürssen
Laid down1970
Launched2 December 1973
CommissionedJuly 1974[1]
Home portUshuaia
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Class & typeIntrépida-class fast attack craft
Displacement260 tons full load[1]
Length45.4 m (149 ft)[1]
Beam7.4 m (24 ft)[1]
Draught2.3 m (7.5 ft)[1]
Installed power12,000 shp (8.9 MW)[1]
Propulsion4 MTU MD 16 V 538 TB90 diesel engines, 4× propellers
Speed38 knots (70 km/h)[1]
Range1,450 nautical miles (2,690 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)[1]
Complement39[1]
Armament

ARA Intrépida (P-85) is the lead ship of the Intrépida-class fast attack craft of the Argentine Navy.[2] The ship is the lead ship of its class and has a twin sister ship ARA Indómita (P-86). She is the second ship of the Argentina Navy to bear the name Intrépida.

Construction

The ship was ordered in 1970 and built by the Lürssen in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany.[3]

Service history

Closeup of ARA Intrépida

As of 2021, Intrépida was reported active and participated in a sea exercise with the destroyer Sarandi, the corvettes Espora, Spiro, Robinson and Gómez Roca, and with aircraft from the Argentine naval aviation unit.[4][5][6] She was again active on exercises in mid-2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Lanchas Rápidas Clase "INTRÉPIDA"" [“INTRÉPIDA” Class Speedboats]. ara.mil.ar (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Lancha Rápida ARA "Intrépida" (P-85)" [Speedboat ARA "Intrépida" (P-85)]. argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Christopher Chant (3 June 2014). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. Routledge. ISBN 9781134646753.
  4. ^ "Intensa etapa de la Flota en el mar" [Intense stage of the Fleet at sea]. argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ Luis Piñeiro (2 September 2021). "La Armada Argentina sale de maniobras" [Argentine Navy finishes manoeuvres]. defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ^ "La Armada Argentina concluyó una nueva etapa de adiestramiento de la Flota de Mar" [The Argentine Navy concluded a new stage of training for the Sea Fleet]. zona-militar.com (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. ^ "La Armada Argentina se ejercitó en aguas del Canal Beagle" [The Argentine Navy exercised in the waters of the Beagle Channel] (in Spanish). 9 August 2022.

Bibliography

  • Scheina, Robert L. & Smigelski, Adam (1995). "Argentina". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947–1995 (revised ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
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