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ARA Granville (P-33) is a ''Drummond'' class corvette of the Argentine Navy. She is named after Guillermo Enrique Granville, a hero of the Battle of Juncal against Brazil. She is currently based at Mar del Plata and conducts fishery patrol duties in the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone where she has captured several trawlers in recent years. According to reports in November 2012 the ''Drummond'' class “hardly sail because of lack of resources for operational expenses”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Argentine navy short on spares and resources for training and maintenance )〕 == Service history == The first two ships of the ''Drummond'' class were built in 1977 in France for the South African Navy. The sale was embargoed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 during sea trials and the ships were sold to Argentina instead. A third ship was ordered and entered service as ARA ''Granville'' on 22 June 1981,〔 in time for the Falklands War ((スペイン語:Guerra de Malvinas)) the following year. There are minor differences in equipment fit compared to her sisters, for instance the ''Granville'' has French Degaie decoys rather than the British Corvus chaff launchers.〔 On 28 March 1982 she sailed with her sister ARA ''Drummond'' and took up station northeast of Port Stanley to cover the main amphibious landings on 2 April. After the attack she operated north of the Falklands with her sister ships as Task Group 79.4, hoping to catch ships detached from the British taskforce.〔Freedman (2005), p. 272〕 On 29 April the corvettes were trailed by HMS ''Splendid'' whilst she was looking for the Argentine carrier ARA ''25 de Mayo'', but they managed to outrun the British submarine.〔Freedman (2005), p. 274〕 ''Granville'' carried the P-3 pennant number until the introduction of the Espora class corvettes in 1985 when she became P-33. In 1994, ''Granville'' and her sisters participated in Operation Uphold Democracy, the United Nations blockade of Haiti. During this time, she was based at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico. According to British reports, in 1995 ''Granville ''harassed a number of trawlers around the Falklands and confronted and illuminated with her radar the British forward repair ship RFA ''Diligence''''.''〔(Falkland Islands Information Portal - Time Line ), by Jason Lewis. 28 November 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ARA Granville (P-33)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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