compact gun 2 × twin 40 mm 70-cal. OTO Melara (Breda Bofors) AA guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × triple 324 mm ILAS-3 ASW torpedo tubes (Whitehead AS-244 torpedoes, quantity n/a) Aircraft: aft helicopter deck (and telescopic hangar in the second batch vessels); 1 SA-319B Alouette III or 1 AS-555-SN Fennec helicopter Complement:100 Radar: Air/Surface Search & helicopter control: Signaal DA05 (equipped with IFF). Fire Control: Signaal WM2 Navigation: Decca TM 1226 Sonar: Atlas Elektronik ASO 4 (hull) Electronic Warfare Decoys: (no details available) Datalink: Signaal Sewaco Weapons Control System: Signaal WM22/41, Lirod director (radar/optronic) Concept/Program: German designed, Argentine built general purpose frigates (classified as "corvettes" by the Argentine navy). Builder: AFNE "Rio Santiago" shipyard, La Plata, Argentina. Designer: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Design: MEKO 140 modular design. Ships in the class First Batch: ARA Espora ARA Rosales ARA Spiro Second Batch: ARA Parker ARA Robinson ARA Gómez Roca References Bibliography Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005–2006. Ignacio Amendolara Bourdette, , Editor n/a. (Spanish/English text) External links Official website World Navies Today: Argentina Argentine Navy (ARA) official site – High Seas Fleet page, with class specifications & pictures for all the ships of ARA (This class is under the heading Corbetas Clase "ESPORA (MEKO 140)") ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems website – Surface vessels page (formerly Blohm+Voss shipyards), only lists “current” products Frigate classes Corvette classes Ships built in Argentina