Avante 2200 Explained

The Avante 2200 is a corvette design by the Navantia shipyard of Spain. Navantia has developed an Avante family of ships with different sizes, and adapted to different missions. They share the same design standard.[1]

Navantia integrated multiple systems, including its Catiz combat management system, Hermesys integrated communications system, Dorna fire-control system and Minerva integrated bridge system.[2]

Variants

Guaiquerí-class patrol boat

See main article: Guaiquerí-class patrol boat. Four Avante 2200 corvettes were built by Navantia to the Guaiquerí-class design for the Venezuelan Navy. The first ship was commissioned in April 2011 and the last in January 2012.

NamePennantBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
GuaiqueríPC-21Navantia, Spain11 September 200824 June 200914 April 2011[3]
WaraoPC-2212 May 20093 November 2009August 2011out of service after grounding incident in 2012.
YekuanaPC-2322 September 20091 March 20109 December 2011
KariñaPC-2417 February 201013 July 2010[4] January 2012

Al Jubail-class corvette

In July 2018, Navantia signed an agreement with the Royal Saudi Navy for the production of five Avante 2200 corvettes, called . The last was to be delivered by 2022 at a cost of approximately 2 billion Euros.[5]

Navantia signed a joint-venture agreement with state-owned Saudia Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) to build five corvettes based on the Avante 2200 for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF).[6] Under the agreement, the last vessel must be delivered in 2024, including construction, life cycle support for five years, with an option for another five years. The RSNF variant is called the Avante 2200.[7]

The Saudi Arabian variant is a 2,000-ton class vessel capable of performing anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW) and anti-air warfare (AAW). The Al Jubail-class corvette has a maximum range of 4,500 nautical miles, achieving 25 knots, powered by four diesel engines in a CODAD arrangement.[8]

The Al Jubail class is fitted with a Leonardo SUPER RAPID 76 mm main gun, a Rheinmetall Air Defence MILLENNIUM 35mm close-in weapon system, four 12.7 mm machine guns, two triple torpedo tubes, two by quad anti-ship missiles and 64 ESSM surface-to-air missiles (16-cell Mk 41).[9]

Ships in class!Name!Hull number!Builder!Laid down!Launched!Commissioned
828Navantia, Spain15 January 201922 July 2020[10]
8302019 14 November 2020[11]
[12] 8326 August 2020[13] 28 March 2021
8341 December 2020[14] 24 July 2021[15]
[16] 8364 December 2021

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GDC. 31 July 2021. Navantia launches the fourth Avante 2200 class corvette for Saudi Arabia. 2 August 2021. Global Defense Corp.
    - Web site: Navantia Avante 2200 Combatant Multi-Mission Vessel, Spain. 2 August 2021. Naval Technology.
  2. Web site: Fourth Avante 2200 corvette takes to the water . 2 August 2021. Shephard Media.
  3. Indodefensa (15 de abril de 2011): Navantia entrega a la Armada venezolana el primer Patrullero Oceánico de Vigilancia
  4. News: Botadura del buque AB Kariña. 13 July 2020. Diario de Sevilla. es.
  5. Web site: 20 July 2018. Saudi Arabia signs deal with Spanish firm for five warships . 11 September 2018. Arabian Business.
  6. Web site: GDC. 31 July 2021. Navantia launches the fourth Avante 2200 class corvette for Saudi Arabia. 2 August 2021. Global Defense Corp.
  7. Web site: Navantia Avante 2200 Combatant Multi-Mission Vessel, Spain. 2 August 2021. Naval Technology.
    - Web site: 29 March 2021. Navantia launched 3rd Avante 2200 corvette for Royal Saudi Navy. 2 August 2021. Naval News.
  8. Web site: 29 March 2021. Navantia launched 3rd Avante 2200 corvette for Royal Saudi Navy. 2 August 2021. Naval News.
  9. Web site: Ancile. 2 August 2021. Deagel.
  10. Web site: White. Ryan. 22 July 2020. Navantia launches the first Corvette for Saudi Arabia. 29 November 2020. Naval News. 25 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125032149/https://navalnews.net/navantia-launches-the-first-corvette-for-saudi-arabia/. dead.
  11. Web site: Archus. Dorian. 15 November 2020. Navantia launches 2nd Avante-2200 class corvette for the Royal Saudi Navy. 29 November 2020. Naval News. 30 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130203619/https://navalnews.net/navantia-launches-first-avante-2200-class-corvette-for-the-royal-saudi-navy/. dead.
  12. Web site: Navantia San Fernando pone la quilla de la cuarta corbeta para Arabia Saudí, que se llamará Jazán. 1 December 2020. Defensa. es.
  13. Web site: Vavasseur. Xavier. 7 August 2020. Navantia Lays Keel of 3rd Avante 2200 Corvette For Royal Saudi Navy. 29 November 2020. Naval News.
  14. Web site: Navantia pone la quilla de la corbeta Jazan, la cuarta para Arabia Saudí. Infodefensa. 2 December 2020. es. 2 December 2020. 21 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121203651/https://www.infodefensa.com/es/2020/12/02/noticia-navantia-quilla-corbeta-jazan-cuarta-arabia-saudi.html. dead.
  15. Web site: GDC. 31 July 2021. Navantia launches the fourth Avante 2200 class corvette for Saudi Arabia. 2 August 2021. Global Defense Corp.
  16. Web site: Navantia corta la primera chapa de la quinta corbeta del programa saudí. Infodefensa. 16 July 2020. es. 2 December 2020. 21 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121171436/https://www.infodefensa.com/es/2020/07/16/noticia-navantia-corta-primera-chapa-quinta-corbeta-programa-arabia.html. dead.

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