ARA Intrépida (P-85)

ARA Intrépida at its home port in Ushuaia
History
Argentina
Operator	Argentine Navy
Ordered	1970
Builder	Lürssen
Laid down	1970
Launched	2 December 1973
Commissioned	July 1974[1]
Homeport	Ushuaia
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Intrépida-class fast attack craft
Displacement	260 tons full load[1]
Length	45.4 m (149 ft)[1]
Beam	7.4 m (24 ft)[1]
Draught	2.3 m (7.5 ft)[1]
Installed power	12,000 shp (8.9 MW)[1]
Propulsion	4 MTU MD 16 V 538 TB90 diesel engines, 4× propellers
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h)[1]
Range	1,450 nautical miles (2,690 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)[1]
Complement	39[1]
Armament	1 OTO Melara 76 mm rapid-firing cannon 2 Bofors 40 mm L/70 2 Oerlikon 20 mm multiple rocket launchers 2 553 mm AEG-SST4 anti-surface torpedo launchers 2 Exocet MM.38 launchers

ARA Intrépida (P-85) is the lead ship of the Intrépida-class fast attack craft of the Argentine Navy.^[2] 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.

Construction

The ship was ordered in 1970 and built by the Lürssen in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany.^[3]

Service history

Closeup of ARA Intrépida

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.^[4][5][6] She was again active on exercises in mid-2022.^[7]

References

1. "Lanchas Rápidas Clase "INTRÉPIDA"" [“INTRÉPIDA” Class Speedboats]. ara.mil.ar (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010.
2. "Lancha Rápida ARA "Intrépida" (P-85)" [Speedboat ARA "Intrépida" (P-85)]. argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. Christopher Chant (3 June 2014). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. Routledge. ISBN 9781134646753.
4. "Intensa etapa de la Flota en el mar" [Intense stage of the Fleet at sea]. argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
5. Luis Piñeiro (2 September 2021). "La Armada Argentina sale de maniobras" [Argentine Navy finishes manoeuvres]. defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
6. "La Armada Argentina concluyó una nueva etapa de adiestramiento de la Flota de Mar" [The Argentine Navy concluded a new stage of training for the Sea Fleet]. zona-militar.com (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
7. "La Armada Argentina se ejercitó en aguas del Canal Beagle" [The Argentine Navy exercised in the waters of the Beagle Channel] (in Spanish). 9 August 2022.