ARA Parker (P-44)
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ARA Parker (P-44) is the fourth ship of the MEKO 140A16 Espora class of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the second ship to bear the name of Captain Enrique Guillermo Parker, who fought in the Argentine Navy as its second-in-command during the Cisplatine War.
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Espora-class corvette ARA Parker | |
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Name | Parker |
Namesake | Enrique Guillermo Parker |
Builder | Río Santiago Shipyard |
Launched | 30 March 1984 |
Acquired | 2 April 1990 |
Commissioned | 17 April 1990 |
Homeport | Puerto Belgrano |
Identification | Pennant number: P-44 |
Status | Active; converting to offshore patrol role |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | MEKO 140A16 Espora-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,560 tons (1,790 tons full load)[1] |
Length | 91.2 m (299 ft 3 in)[1] |
Beam | 11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)[1] |
Draught | 3.33 m (10 ft 11 in)[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; 31 mph)[1] |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,410 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1] |
Crew | 11 officers, 46 petty officers, 36 enlisted[1] |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Eurocopter Fennec |
Aviation facilities | Helideck and telescoping hangar |
The Argentine Navy struggles to meet maintenance and training requirements because of financial problems and import restrictions. The status of Parker was not clear, as of November 2012 she was waiting for spares.[4] As of 2021, Parker was scheduled for repair work, and conversion to the offshore patrol role, at the Tandanor state-owned shipyard in Buenos Aires.[5] The work to convert the ship to her new role was expected to last through 2023.