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Manta 1972

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Manta, 2001- 9 de Octubre, 2007- Isla de la Plata	LT91, later- LT41, 1981- LM25, 2001- LG37		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			11.6.1971	Coast Guard 2001, in service (2019)
Tulcan	LT92, later- LT42, 1981- LM26		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			2.4.1971	collision 9.1998
Nueva Rocafuerte, 2001- 27 de Octubre, 2007- Isla Santa Clara	LT93, later- LT43, 1981- LM27, 2001- LG38		Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany			23.6.1971	Coast Guard 2001, in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	119
Displacement full, t	134
Length, m	36.2
Breadth, m	5.80
Draught, m	1.70
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Mercedes-Benz diesels
Power, h. p.	9000
Max speed, kts	35
Fuel, t	diesel oil 21
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 350, 2 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	Decca TM1226 radar
Complement	19

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Project history

Similar to Chilean Guacolda class but with different armament.

Modernizations

1979, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/70; + 1 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec-30

1980-1981, all: - 2 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 Gabriel II SSM (4 Gabriel II), Pollux radar, DR-2000S ECM suite

2001, all survived: - 4 x 1 Gabriel II SSM, 1 x 2 - 30/75, Pollux radar; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service

Tulcan was lost in a collision with a commercial tug in September 1998.