ARA Drummond (P-31)
ARA Drummond | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| South Africa | |
| Name | SAS Good Hope |
| Namesake | Cape of Good Hope |
| Ordered | February 1976 |
| Builder | Lorient, France |
| Laid down | 12 March 1976 |
| Launched | 5 March 1977 |
| Out of service | 17 November 1977 |
| Fate | Delivery blocked by UNSCR 418 during sea trials in France |
| Argentina | |
| Renamed | ARA Drummond |
| Namesake | Francisco Drummond |
| Ordered | 1978 |
| Commissioned | 9 November 1978 |
| Homeport | Mar del Plata |
| Fate | To be auctioned off as of 2024 |
| Status | Out of service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type A69 Drummond-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,170 tons (1,320 tons full load) |
| Length | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Beam | 10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Draught | 3.55 m (11.6 ft) |
| Installed power | 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 12 PC 2.2 V400 diesels, 2 × controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 23.3 knots (43 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Endurance | 15 days |
| Complement | 5 officers, 79 enlisted, 95 berths |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | small pad for VERTREP |
ARA Drummond (P-31) was the lead ship of the Drummond class of three corvettes of the Argentine Navy. She was the second vessel to be named after Scottish-born Navy Sergeant Major Francisco Drummond.
She was based at Mar del Plata and conducted fishery patrol duties in the Argentine exclusive economic zone, where she captured several trawlers. According to reports in November 2012 the Drummond class "hardly sail[ed] because of lack of resources for operational expenses".