Almirante Padilla-class frigate

The Almirante Padilla-class corvette is a group of corvette operated by the Colombian Navy. The designation of this class is Type FS 1500 and there are 4 ships in service. The ships were built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) at Kiel, Germany. Two similar ships operates as the Kasturi-class corvettes in the Malaysian Navy.

Class overview
Name: Almirante Padilla class
Builders: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW)
Operators:  Colombian National Navy
Built: 1981–1983
In commission: 1983–present
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 2,100 tons loaded
Length: 99.1 m (325 ft)
Beam: 11.3 m (37 ft)
Draft: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion: 2 shaft, 4 MTU 20V 1163 TB92 Diesels 23,400 hp (17,400 kW)
Speed: 27.0 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 km; 8,055 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 92
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • SMART-S ( Mk2 version)
  • STING-EO Mk2
  • Terma Scanter 2001 X-band (after modernisation)
  • Atlas Elektronik ASO 4-2 (Hull Mounted)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • VIGILE ESM
  • 1 × Terma SKWS double mounting
Armament:
  • 8 SSM-700K Hae Sung I (Sea Star) anti-ship missiles
  • 2 × Simbad SAM
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal Strales compact
  • 1 × Breda twin 40 mm /70
  • 6 × 324 mm Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes
  • DART 76 mm Oto Melara guided ammunition
Aircraft carried:

Overview

Design

Propulsion

The Almirante Padilla class is powered by a CODAD propulsion system, provided by four MTU diesels driving two shafts and developing 23,400 horsepower (17,400 kW) driving two Controllable Pitch propellers. This gives a maximum speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph), and a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph).

Electronics

Armament
Caldas

Aircraft

The Almirante Padilla class does not have a hangar facility, and thus does not have an embarked helicopter. The landing platform aft is suitable for a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm MBB Bo 105 CBS-5 or the Eurocopter AS-555-SN Fennec for over-the-horizon targeting.

Orion Program Upgrade

The Orion Program Upgrade was a mid-life refit performed by the Thales Group. In January 2012, Thales Group delivered the first upgraded Almirante Padilla-class frigate to the Colombian Navy.

The equipment upgrades included:

  • Smart-s Mk2 radar
  • TACTICOS combat system
  • Sting-EO Mk2 naval fire control tracking system
  • MIRADOR electro-optical multi-sensor surveillance, tracking and fire control system
  • Vigile Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) system
  • TERMA SKSW DL-12T decoy system
  • MTU M-93 engines
  • New communication systems

In addition, OTO Melara DART ammunition and 16 SSM-700K Hae Sung I (Sea Star) anti-ship missiles were ordered.[1] In September 2014, Colombia fired the DART guided ammunition from the Oto Melara 76 mm Strales. The testing was performed aboard Caldas.[2]

History

Ships
Almirante Padilla at sea
Almirante Padilla-class corvettes[3]
Name Pennant number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
Almirante PadillaFM-51Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel17 March 19816 January 198231 October 1983In active service
CaldasFM-5214 June 198123 April 198214 February 1984In active service
AntioquiaFM-5322 June 198128 August 198230 April 1984In active service
IndependienteFM-5422 June 198121 January 198327 July 1984In active service

References
  1. "Armada Nacional Compró Misiles Coreanos "C-Star" Para Equipar Sus Corbetas Misileras" (in Spanish). webinfomil.com. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. Scott, Richard (17 September 2014). "Colombia conducts first DART firings". Jane's.com. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. Gardiner and Chumbley, p.69

Further reading
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.


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