Hercules class

Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class
Guided-Missile Destroyer
ships

1977

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270	crew
4100	full load (tn)
125	length (m)
14.60	beam (m)
5.20	draught (m)
28	max speed (knots)



2	Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Olympus
2	Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Tyne
2	Naval Engine propulsion system: COGAG



4	Missile Launcher MM38 Exocet single launcher
1	Missile Launcher Sea Dart



1	Naval Gun Mark 8 4.5 inch (114mm)
2	Chaff and decoys Corvus chaff launcher



1	Naval Radar air search radar Type 965
2	Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 909
1	Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 992
1	Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 162
1	Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 184

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	Argentine Navy	D1	ARA Hercules	LOHE	1977	1999
Hercules class B52 ARA Hercules					2004	--
	Argentine Navy	D2	ARA Santisima Trinidad	LOSS	1981	2000

2 units

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1970-may-18	Ordered	D1 ARA Hercules
1970-may-18	Ordered	D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad
1971-jun-16	Laid down	D1 ARA Hercules
1971-oct-11	Laid down	D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad
1972-oct-24	Launched	D1 ARA Hercules
1974-nov-9	Launched	D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad
1976-may-9	Trials	D1 ARA Hercules returned to Barrow after sea trials, wearing side number 28.
1976-jul-12	Commissioned	D1 ARA Hercules entered ARA service 19 Sept 1977
1977-aug	Homeport	D1 ARA Hercules arrived in Argentina after completion of shakedown and training in UK.
1981-jul-1	Commissioned	D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad original commissioning delayed by underwater bomb blast damage
1999	Fate: transfered	D1 ARA Hercules converted and re-classified
2000	Decommissioned	D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad into Reserve
2013-jan	Fate: sunk	D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad rolled over and sank at Puerto Belgrano, following a period of canniblisation to keep ARA Hercules operational.
2015-dec		D2 ARA Santisima Trinidad refloated.