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Drummond 1980

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Drummond (ex-Good Hope) P1, 1985- P31   DCN, Lorient, France 12.3.1976 5.3.1977 25.9.1978 in service (2019)
Guerrico (ex-Transvaal) P2, 1985- P32   DCN, Lorient, France 1.10.1976 13.8.1977 10/1978 in service (2019)
Granville P3, 1985- P33   DCN, Lorient, France 1.12.1978 28.6.1980 22.6.1981 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1100

Displacement full, t

1250

Length, m

76.0 pp 80.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.3

Draught, m

3.55 hull 5.25 sonar

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick 12PC 2V400 diesels

Power, h. p.

12000

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4500(15)

Armament

1, 2: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 68, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT

3: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 68, 1 x 2 - 70/40 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT

Electronic equipment

1, 2: DRBV-51A, Decca 202, DRBC-32E radars, 2x Panda Mk 2 e/o director, Diodon sonar, DR-2000S3, Alligator 51 ECM suites, 2x Syllex decoy RL, MINIACO C31 CCS

3: DRBV-51A, Decca 202, DRBC-32E radars, Panda Mk 2, Naja Mk 2 e/o directors, Diodon sonar, DR-2000S3, Alligator 51 ECM suites, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, MINIACO C31 CCS

Complement

95



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<i>Drummond </i>1980
Drummond 1980


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<i>Drummond </i>1980
Drummond 1980
<i>Granville </i>2002
Granville 2002


Project history

Good Hope and Transvaal were originally built for South Africa, but delivery was embargoed. They were purchased by Argentina on 25 September 1978. Drummond and Guerrico, the ex-South African units, were originally ordered for the French Navy as Lieutenant de Vaisseau le Henaff and Commandant I'Herminier.

Modernizations

1980s, Guerrico; 1990s, Drummond: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 1x Panda Mk 2 e/o director; + 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, Naja Mk 2 e/o director

1980s, all: - Decca 202 radar; + Decca 1226 radar

2000s, all: - Decca 1226 radar; + Selesmar NavBat radar

Naval service

All three units were deployed extensively during the Falklands conflict. Guerrico supported the South Georgia operation on 3 April 1982. She was hit by Carl Gustav anti-tank rocket and heavy small arms fire. The hit was just below the Exocet launcher and the damage was modest.