Avante 2000

The Avante 2000 is a corvette design by the Navantia shipyard of Spain.

PC-21 Guaiquerí
Class overview
Builders: Navantia, Cadiz, Puerto Real Yard
Operators:  Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela
Built: 2009-present
In commission: 2011-present
Planned: 9
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 2,419 tons
Length: 99 m (325 ft)
Beam: 13.6 m (45 ft)
Draught: 7.2 m (24 ft)
Draft: 3.8 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:
  • CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4,440 kW (5,950 hp) each
  • 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C11 CP propeller[1]
Speed:
  • Maximum: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
  • Cruising: 22 knots
  • Economy: 18 knots
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 60 + 32
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thales SMART-S Mk-2 multifunction radar
  • Thales Mirador EOTS
  • Thales Vigile 100 ESM
  • Thales Scout Mk2 LPI
  • Thales Sting 1.2
  • Thales TACTICOS CMS
Armament:
  • 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm ('A' position)
  • 1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Aviation facilities: Flight deck, hangar

Variants

Guaiquerí-class patrol boat
Main article: Guaiquerí-class patrol boat

Four Avante 2000 Corvettes were built by Navantia to the Guaiquerí-class design for the Venezuelan Navy with the first ship commissioned in April 2011 and the last in January 2012.

Potential Operators

In July 2018 it was announced that Navantia had signed an agreement with the Royal Saudi Navy for the production of 5 Avante 2000 Corvettes with the last to be delivered by 2022 at a cost of approximately 2 billion Euros.[2]

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References
  1. "Wartsila Propulsion Solutions for OPVs" (PDF).
  2. "Saudi Arabia signs deal with Spanish firm for five warships". Arabian Business. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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