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Montevideo 2002

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Uruguay (ex-Commandant Bourdais)	1		Arsenal de Lorient, France	4.1959	15.4.1961	10.3.1963 // 20.8.1990	stricken 3.2008
General Artigas (ex-Victor Schoelcher)	2		Arsenal de Lorient, France	10.1957	11.10.1958	15.10.1962 // 19.12.1988	stricken 4.2005
Montevideo (ex-Amiral Charner)	4, later- 3		Arsenal de Lorient, France	11.1958	12.3.1960	14.12.1962 // 28.1.1991	stricken 2009

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1750
Displacement full, t	2230
Length, m	98.0 pp 103.0 oa
Breadth, m	11.5
Draught, m	4.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels
Power, h. p.	16000
Max speed, kts	25
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	7500(16)
Armament	1: 2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 1 x 4 - 305 ASWRL 2, 3: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 1 x 4 - 305 ASWRL
Military load	2 LCP, 80 marines
Electronic equipment	DRBV-22A, DRBC-32C, DRBN-32 radars, DUBA-3, SQS-17 sonars, ARBR-16 ECM suite
Complement	166

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Project history

Former French frigates of Commandant Riviere class.

Modernizations

1992, Uruguay: + 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38)

2001, all: - 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM

Naval service

No significant events.