ARA Intrépida (P-85) is the lead ship of the Intrépida-class fast attack craft of the Argentine Navy.[2] The ship is the lead ship of its class and has a twin sister ship ARA Indómita (P-86). She is the second ship of the Argentina Navy to bear the name Intrépida.
ARA Intrépida at its home port in Ushuaia | |
History | |
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Argentina | |
Operator | Argentine Navy |
Ordered | 1970 |
Builder | Lürssen |
Laid down | 1970 |
Launched | 2 December 1973 |
Commissioned | July 1974[1] |
Homeport | Ushuaia |
Status | in active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Intrépida-class fast attack craft |
Displacement | 260 tons full load[1] |
Length | 45.4 m (149 ft)[1] |
Beam | 7.4 m (24 ft)[1] |
Draught | 2.3 m (7.5 ft)[1] |
Installed power | 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)[1] |
Propulsion | 4 MTU MD 16 V 538 TB90 diesel engines, 4× propellers |
Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h)[1] |
Range | 1,450 nautical miles (2,690 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 39[1] |
Armament |
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Construction
The ship was ordered in 1970 and built by the Lürssen in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany.[3]
Service history
As of 2021 Intrépida was reported active and participated in a sea exercise with the destroyer Sarandi, the corvettes Espora, Spiro, Robinson and Gómez Roca and with aircraft from Argentine naval aviation.[4][5][6] She was again active on exercises in mid-2022.[7]