Uribe-class patrol vessel

Class overview
Name:	Uribe
Builders:	Empresa Nacional Bazán
Operators:	Mexican Navy
Preceded by:	Valle-class patrol vessel
Succeeded by:	Holzinger-class patrol vessel
Built:	6
In service:	6
Active:	6
General characteristics
Type:	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement:	988 tons (normall load)
Length:	67 m (220 ft)
Beam:	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught:	3.52 m (11.5 ft)
Propulsion:	2 Diesel electric drive MTU 20 V. 958TB-92 12, 200 HP.
Speed:	18.5 knots (maximum)
Range:	8,000 NM at 12 kts.
Troops:	0
Crew:	54
Sensors and processing systems:	Optical fire director CSEE Model 74 NAJA Navigation: Racal Decca Serie 12 Radar. Both Sensor are integrated in the RADOP 30 Fire Control System.
Armament:	1x 40 mm L70 Bofors DP.
Aircraft carried:	1 MBB Bo 105 Helicopter
Aviation facilities:	One helicopter hangar and Helipad

Uribe-class patrol vessels are offshore patrol vessels use by the Mexican Navy. The class was developed by the Spanish company Empresa Nacional Bazán in 1982. It is a multi-role patrol craft with twin funnels and a helicopter deck. These ships have main armament (40 mm L70 DP gun) at B position. Ships of the Uribe class were the first vessels of the Mexican Navy able to operate on board helicopters (MBB Bo 105).

Ships

• ARM Uribe (P121) (1982) - sunk to be made an artificial reef off of Baja California Nov 21, 2015^[1]
• ARM Azueta (P122) (1982)
• ARM Baranda (P123) (1983)
• ARM Bretón (P124) (1983)
• ARM Blanco (P125) (1983)
• ARM Monasterio (P126) (1983)

See also

• Mantilla class patrol vessel

References

1. Sinking of the Uribe (121) - San Diego Union Tribune

• Faulkner, K. (1999) Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. 2nd Edition. London: Harper Collins Publishers.
• Friedman, N. (1997) The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998. US Naval Institute Press.
• Wertheim, E. (2007) Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. 15 edition. US Naval Institute Press.