ARA Gómez Roca
Espora-class corvette of the Argentine Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ARA Gómez Roca (P-46) is the sixth and last ship of the MEKO 140A16 Espora class of six corvettes built in Germany for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the first ship to bear the name of Lieutenant Commander Sergio Gómez Roca, who commanded the Argentine patrol ship ARA Alferez Sobral during the Falklands War and died in action when the ship was attacked by Royal Navy helicopters. Originally the ship was to have been named Seaver after Captain Benjamin Seaver, a US-born naval hero of the Argentine War of Independence.
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Espora-class corvette ARA Gómez Roca (P-46) | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Gómez Roca |
Namesake | Sergio Gómez Roca |
Builder | |
Laid down | 7 June 1983 |
Launched | 14 November 1984 |
Commissioned | 17 May 2004 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Espora-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,560 tons (1,790 tons full load)[1] |
Length | 91.2 m (299 ft)[1] |
Beam | 11.0 m (36.1 ft)[1] |
Draught | 3.33 m (10.9 ft)[1] (hull) |
Installed power | 22,600 bhp (16.9 MW)[1] |
Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC 2-5 V400 diesels, 2 × 5-blade props[1] |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h)[1] |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,410 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 11 officers, 46 petty officers, 36 enlisted[1] |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Eurocopter Fennec |
Aviation facilities | Helideck and telescoping hangar |
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