Avante 2000

The Avante 2000 is a corvette design by the Navantia shipyard of Spain.

PC-21 Guaiquerí
Class overview
Builders: Navantia, Cadiz, Puerto Real Yard
Operators:
Built: 2009–present
In commission: 2011–present
Planned:
  • 4 (Venezuela)
  • 5 (Saudi Arabia)
Building: 3 (Saudi Arabia)
Completed:
  • 4 (Venezuela)
  • 2 (Saudi Arabia)
Active: 4 (Venezuela)
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 2,419 tons
Length: 99 m (324 ft 10 in)
Beam: 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught: 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Draft: 3.8 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:
  • CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4,440 kW (5,950 hp) each
  • 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C11 CP propeller[1]
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) maximum
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 60 + 32
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thales SMART-S Mk-2 multifunction radar
  • Thales Mirador EOTS
  • Thales Vigile 100 ESM
  • Thales Scout Mk2 LPI
  • Thales Sting 1.2
  • Thales TACTICOS CMS
Armament:
Aviation facilities: Flight deck, hangar

Variants

Guaiquerí-class patrol boat
Main article: Guaiquerí-class patrol boat

Four Avante 2000 corvettes were built by Navantia to the Guaiquerí-class design for the Venezuelan Navy with the first ship commissioned in April 2011 and the last in January 2012.

Name Pennant Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
Guaiquerí PC-21 11 September 2008 24 June 2009 14 April 2011[2]
Warao PC-22 12 May 2009 3 November 2009 August 2011 out of service after grounding incident in 2012.
Yekuana PC-23 22 September 2009 1 March 2010 9 December 2011
Kariña PC-24 17 February 2010 13 July 2010[3] January 2012

Al Jubail-class corvette

In July 2018 it was announced that Navantia had signed an agreement with the Royal Saudi Navy for the production of five Avante 2000 corvettes with the last to be delivered by 2022 at a cost of approximately 2 billion Euros.[4]

Name Hull number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned
Al Jubail 828 Navantia, Spain 15 January 2019 22 July 2020[5]
Al Diriyah 830 2019 14 November 2020[6]
Hail[7] 6 August 2020[8]
Jazan 1 December 2020[9]
Unayzah[10]

References
  1. "Wartsila Propulsion Solutions for OPVs" (PDF).
  2. Indodefensa (15 de abril de 2011): Navantia entrega a la Armada venezolana el primer Patrullero Oceánico de Vigilancia
  3. "Botadura del buque AB Kariña" (in Spanish). Diario de Sevilla. 2020-07-13.
  4. "Saudi Arabia signs deal with Spanish firm for five warships". Arabian Business. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. White, Ryan (2020-07-22). "Navantia launches the first Corvette for Saudi Arabia". Naval News. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  6. Archus, Dorian (2020-11-15). "Navantia launches 2nd Avante-2200 class corvette for the Royal Saudi Navy". Naval News. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  7. "Navantia San Fernando pone la quilla de la cuarta corbeta para Arabia Saudí, que se llamará Jazán". defensa.com (in Spanish). 2020-12-01.
  8. Vavasseur, Xavier (2020-08-07). "Navantia Lays Keel of 3rd Avante 2200 Corvette For Royal Saudi Navy". Naval News. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  9. "Navantia pone la quilla de la corbeta Jazan, la cuarta para Arabia Saudí". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 2020-12-02.
  10. "Navantia corta la primera chapa de la quinta corbeta del programa saudí". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 2020-07-16.
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