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.-
Navantia integrated multiple systems, including its Catiz combat management system, Hermesys integrated communications system, Dorna fire-control system and Minerva integrated bridge system.
Variants 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 downLaunchedCommissionedFateGuaiqueríPC-21Navantia, Spain11 September 200824 June 200914 April 2011Indodefensa (15 de abril de 2011): Navantia entrega a la Armada venezolana el primer Patrullero Oceánico de VigilanciaWaraoPC-2212 May 20093 November 2009August 2011out of service after grounding incident in 2012.YekuanaPC-2322 September 20091 March 20109 December 2011KariñaPC-2417 February 201013 July 2010January 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.
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). 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.-
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.
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). +Ships in classNameHull numberBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissioned828Navantia, Spain15 January 201922 July 20208302019 14 November 20208326 August 202028 March 20218341 December 202024 July 20218364 December 2021
References
External links POVZEE Offshore Patrol Vessel Navantia Launches and Commissions Two OPVs to Venezuelan Navy