Avante 2000

The Avante 2000 is a corvette design by the Navantia shipyard of Spain. Navantia has developed an Avante family of ships with different sizes but adapted to different missions and sharing the same design standard.[3]

Guaiquerí
Class overview
BuildersNavantia, Cadiz, Puerto Real Yard
Operators
Built2009–present
In commission2011–present
Planned
  • 4 (Venezuela)
  • 5 (Saudi Arabia)
Building3 (Saudi Arabia)
Completed
  • 4 (Venezuela)
  • 2 (Saudi Arabia)
Active4 (Venezuela)
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Displacement2,419 tons
Length99 m (324 ft 10 in)
Beam13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4,440 kW (5,950 hp) each
  • 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C11 CP propeller[1]
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) maximum
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement60 + 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
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck, hangar

Navantia integrated multiple systems, including its Catiz combat management system, Hermesys integrated communications system, Dorna fire-control system and Minerva integrated bridge system.[4]

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.

Name Pennant Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
Guaiquerí PC-21 Navantia, Spain 11 September 2008 24 June 2009 14 April 2011[5]
Warao PC-22 12 May 2009 3 November 2009 August 2011 out of service after grounding incident in 2012.
Yekuana PC-23 22 September 2009 1 March 2010 9 December 2011
Kariña PC-24 17 February 2010 13 July 2010[6] January 2012

Al Jubail-class corvette

In July 2018, it was announced that Navantia had signed an agreement with the Royal Saudi Navy for the production of five Avante 2000 corvettes with the last to be delivered by 2022 at a cost of approximately 2 billion Euros.[7]

Navantia signed a joint-venture agreement with state-owned Saudia Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) to build five corvettes based on Avante 2000 for Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF).[8] 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 Avante 2200.[9]

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 CODAD arrangement.[10]

The Al Jubail class is fitted with Leonardo SUPER RAPID 76 mm main gun, 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).[11]

Ships in class
Name Hull number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned
Al Jubail 828 Navantia, Spain 15 January 2019 22 July 2020[12]
Al Diriyah 830 2019 14 November 2020[13]
Hail[14] 832 6 August 2020[15] 28 March 2021
Jazan 834 1 December 2020[16] 24 July 2021[17]
Unayzah[18] 836 4 December 2021

References
  1. "Wartsila Propulsion Solutions for OPVs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. "Ancile". www.deagel.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. GDC (31 July 2021). "Navantia launches the fourth Avante 2200 class corvette for Saudi Arabia". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
    - "Navantia Avante 2200 Combatant Multi-Mission Vessel, Spain". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Fourth Avante 2200 corvette takes to the water". Shephard Media. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. Indodefensa (15 de abril de 2011): Navantia entrega a la Armada venezolana el primer Patrullero Oceánico de Vigilancia
  6. "Botadura del buque AB Kariña" (in Spanish). Diario de Sevilla. 13 July 2020.
  7. "Saudi Arabia signs deal with Spanish firm for five warships". Arabian Business. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  8. GDC (31 July 2021). "Navantia launches the fourth Avante 2200 class corvette for Saudi Arabia". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. "Navantia Avante 2200 Combatant Multi-Mission Vessel, Spain". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
    - "Navantia launched 3rd Avante 2200 corvette for Royal Saudi Navy". Naval News. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. "Navantia launched 3rd Avante 2200 corvette for Royal Saudi Navy". Naval News. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  11. "Ancile". Deagel. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. White, Ryan (22 July 2020). "Navantia launches the first Corvette for Saudi Arabia". Naval News. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  13. Archus, Dorian (15 November 2020). "Navantia launches 2nd Avante-2200 class corvette for the Royal Saudi Navy". Naval News. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  14. "Navantia San Fernando pone la quilla de la cuarta corbeta para Arabia Saudí, que se llamará Jazán". Defensa (in Spanish). 1 December 2020.
  15. Vavasseur, Xavier (7 August 2020). "Navantia Lays Keel of 3rd Avante 2200 Corvette For Royal Saudi Navy". Naval News. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  16. "Navantia pone la quilla de la corbeta Jazan, la cuarta para Arabia Saudí". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  17. GDC (31 July 2021). "Navantia launches the fourth Avante 2200 class corvette for Saudi Arabia". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  18. "Navantia corta la primera chapa de la quinta corbeta del programa saudí". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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