The ''Intrépida'' class is a class of
fast attack craft
A fast attack craft (FAC) is a small, fast, agile, offensive, often affordable warship armed with anti-ship missiles, gun or torpedoes. FACs are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the seakeeping and all-round defensiv ...
that was built by
Lürssen
Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard with headquarters in Bremen-Vegesack and shipbuilding facilities in Lemwerder, Berne and Bremen-Fähr-Lobbendorf.
Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Tradi ...
for the
Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with t ...
in the early 1970s. The ships are based on Lürssen's
TNC 45
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Education
* Trevecca Nazarene College, now called Trevecca Nazarene University, N ...
design.
Operational 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.
Both vessels were reported active on exercises in 2022.
Ships in the class
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ARA Intrépida (P-85)
ARA ''Intrépida'' (P-85) is the lead ship of the of the Argentine Navy. 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''.
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ARA Indómita (P-86)
ARA ''Indómita'' (P-86) is an of the Argentine Navy. The vessel has a twin sister ship, . It is the first Argentine ship to bear the name.
The vessel was reported active as of 2022. In October 2022 it was reported that ''Indómita'' had recei ...
See also
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Albatros-class fast attack craft (Type 143)
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Gepard-class fast attack craft
The Type 143A ''Gepard'' class was a class of missile bearing fast attack craft (german: Schnellboot) and the last one in service with the German Navy before the remaining four operational ships were decommissioned on 16 November 2016. The Ghana ...
(Type 143A)
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Tiger-class fast attack craft
The Type 148 ''Tiger''-class fast attack craft are a group of missile boats built to a Franco-German design and seeing service in the German Navy.
Design
The vessels had been designed by Lürssen of Germany for Israel. They were a modifica ...
(Type 148)
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Sa'ar 4-class missile boat
The Sa'ar 4 or ''Reshef''-class missile boats were a series of missile boats built based on Israeli Navy designs grounded in accumulated experience derived in the operation of "Cherbourg" (Sa'ar 1, Sa'ar 2, and ) classes. Thirteen were b ...
(Reshef)
References
Notes
Bibliography
* ''Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006''. Ignacio Amendolara Bourdette, , Editor n/a. (Spanish/English text)
Further reading
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External links
Argentine Navy official site, specifications and brief history(in Spanish)
Ships built in Bremen (state)
Missile boat classes
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