MEKO 140
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | AFNE "Río Santiago" |
| Operators | Argentine Navy |
| Subclasses | Espora class |
| In commission | 1985–present |
| Completed | 6 |
| Active | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate/corvette |
| Displacement | 1,790 tons |
| Length | 91.2 m (299 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 11.1 m (36 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter |
The MEKO 140 is a frigate/corvette design by the German Blohm + Voss shipyard as part of the MEKO family of vessels. The MEKO 140 is a development of the Portuguese Navy's João Coutinho-class corvettes designed by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira in the late 1960s – three ships of which were built Blohm + Voss in 1970, as an outsourcing.