![]() ARA Almirante Storni in the port of Concarneau | |
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Name | Almirante Storni |
Namesake | Segundo Rosa Storni |
Ordered | 2019 |
Builder | Kership, Lorient |
Launched | 10 May 2021 |
Acquired | 13 October 2021 [1] |
Identification | Pennant number: P-53 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kership offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 1,450 t (1,430 long tons) (full load) |
Length | 87 m (285 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | Electrical: |
Propulsion | 2 Anglo Belgian Corporation V12 diesel engines, 5.6 MW (7,500 hp) |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (14,800 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance | 30 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × 9 m (30 ft) RHIBs |
Complement | 30 core crew, up to 29 troops |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Aircraft carried | |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad and hangar |
ARA Almirante Storni (P-53) is the third Gowind-class offshore patrol vessel constructed for the Argentinian Navy.
The French shipbuilder Naval Group launched the hull of ARA Almirante Storni on 10 May 2021 at Lanester, before moving it to Concarneau for fitting out. [5] It is the second ship of the Argentine Navy to be named after the former Minister of the Navy and Vice Admiral Segundo Rosa Storni. The first was the Fletcher-class destroyer ARA Almirante Storni (D-24). [6]
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