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MEKO 140

1985 class of German-designed corvettes

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	P45ARARobinson.jpg
image_caption	ARA Robinson
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
builders	AFNE "Río Santiago"
operators
subclasses
in_commission_range	1985–present
total_ships_completed	6
total_ships_active	6
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Frigate/corvette
displacement	1,790 tons
length	91.2 m
beam	11.1 m
draught	4.5 m
propulsion	*2 Diesel engines
*{{convert	20400	shp	kW	-1	abbr	on	order=flip	lk=out}}
speed	27 kn
range	4000 nmi at 18 kn
complement	100
armament	*4 × Exocet anti-ship missiles
aircraft	1 helicopter

20400 shp
2 shafts/propellers
1 × 76 mm dual-purpose gun
4 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
2 × .50 cal machine guns
6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes

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 s 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.

Concept and development

MEKO is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics, and other equipment, aiming at ease of maintenance and cost reduction. Vessels of similar classes can use different weapons systems, as required by the customer. The MEKO 140 was designed in the late 1970s, and was chosen by the Argentine Navy to complement the MEKO 360 destroyers.

Variants

Six vessels of the MEKO 140 A16 variant were constructed in Argentina by the Río Santiago Shipyards (AFNE) near La Plata for the Argentine Navy. They are locally named as the and currently serve in the High Seas Fleet ("Flota de Mar").

Although considered by its designers to be frigates, the Espora-class vessels have been classed in Argentina as corvettes.

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