ARA Hércules (B-52) (D-28, D-1) - a former destroyer type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy , later converted into a high-speed landing vehicle. Named after the frigate of the Argentine admiral Guillermo (William) Brown .
| Hercules | |
|---|---|
| Spanish ARA Hércules (B-52) | |
 Hercules after perestroika | |
| Service | |
 Argentina | |
| Class and type of vessel | destroyer URO landing ship |
| Port of registry | Puerto Belgrano |
| Organization |  Argentina |
| Manufacturer |  Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd |
| Construction started | 06/16/71 |
| Launched | 10.24.72 [1] |
| Commissioned | 05/10/76 [1] |
| Status | in the ranks |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3,500 tons (standard) 4350 tons (full) |
| Length | 125 m |
| Width | 14.6 m |
| Draft | 5.8 m |
| Engines | COGOG, 4 gas turbines: 2 marching Rolls Royce RM1C Tyne, 2 afterburners Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B |
| Power | marching group: 8000 l. with. (6 mW) afterburner: 50 000 l. with. (37.5 mW) |
| Mover | 2 five-blade, adjustable steps |
| Speed | 30 knots (full), 18 knots (economic) |
| Sailing range | 4,000 miles (7,400 km) at 18 knots |
| Crew | 280 people |
| Armament | |
| Navigational weapons | navigation radar Type 1007 |
| Radar weapons | air search radar Type 1022 / 965P [1] , 3-D Search Radar Type 996 / 992Q [1] , 2 fire control radars Type 909 [1] GWS-30 |
| Electronic weapons | search sonar Type 2050/2016, bottom view sonar Type 162 |
| Artillery | 1 × 1 114 mm Mark 8 |
| Flak | 2 × 1 20 mm / 70 Oerlikon BMARC |
| Missile weapons | 4 RCC " Exoset " [1] SAM Sea Dart (22 missiles) |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 × 3 324 mm TA |
| Aviation group | 1 Lynx helicopter (before modernization) [1] , 2 SH-3 Sea King helicopters (after modernization) hangar |
Content
Construction History
In the 1970s, friction between Argentina and Chile over the ownership of the southern islands intensified again. In these conditions, both countries began strengthening their armed forces. On May 18, 1970, the Argentine government signed a contract with Vickers-Armstrong, which provided for the construction of one ship (Hercules) in England and another ( Santisima Trinidad ) under a license in Argentina [2] [1] , to replace in the fleet of destroyers of the Second World War .
Service
With the deterioration of Argentine-Chilean relations in 1978 and the alleged start of Operation Sovereignty, the ship was transferred from the base to the south. In 1982, Hercules participated in the Falkland War , was part of the operational formation 79.1 led by the aircraft carrier Veintisinko de Mayo [3] , which covered the disputed islands from the north.
At the end of the war, the British embargo on the supply of weapons and components to Argentina made it impossible to purchase spare parts for type 42 ships in the national fleet [4] . Considered the possibility of selling destroyers in Turkey [1] [5] . In 1989, “Santisima Trinidad” became a joke and gradually disassembled spare parts for “Hercules” [6] . After the modernization of the 1999-2000s. at the Chilean shipyard, transferred to the class of high-speed landing ships , and received tail number B-52 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. - Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1996. - P. 7. - ISBN 978-155-75013-25 .
- ↑ Kovalenko V.A., Ostroumov M.N., Directory of Foreign Fleets, p. 602
- ↑ Solomon P.V. Ships of the Falkland War. Fleets of Great Britain and Argentina (Russian) . - Model designer, 2007. - Issue. 2 . - No. 92 . - S. 24 .
- ↑ Anthony, Ian: The naval arms trade. Oxford University Press, 1990. Page 106. ISBN 0-19-829137-X
- ↑ Ships Monthly . Endlebury Pub. Co., 1985. Item notes: v.20 no.10-12 1985
- ↑ Wertheim, Eric: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Naval Institute Press, 2007. Page 11. ISBN 1-59114-955-X
Literature
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. - Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1996. - ISBN 978-155-75013-25 .
- Kovalenko V.A., Ostroumov M.N. Directory of Foreign Fleets. - Moscow: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1971.