Navy 5,403 (incl 1,800 Prefectura Naval Coast Guard)

URUGUAYAN NAVAL AVIATION • Aviación Naval Uruguaya

Naval Aviation 211 personnel.

Navy 5,403 (incl 1,800 Prefectura Naval Coast Guard)

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

• AIRCRAFT 5 combat capable. Total 10 Aircraft.

Anti-Submarine Warfare / MP  flt with 3 ASW/MP ac:

2 British Aerospace Jetstream MK.2;

1 Beech 200T Maritime Patrol*

Training & Liaison flt with 2 Trg/Liaison ac:

2 Cessna T-34C Turbo Mentor;

• HELICOPTER No armed capable. Total 8 Helicopters.

Utility & Search and Rescue 1 sqn with 8 UTL/SAR hel :

1 Wessex HC2/MK60;

6 MBB Bo-105M;

1 Eurocopter AS-350 B2 Esquilo;

• FACILITIES

  Navy HQ located at Montevideo

  Naval airbases

  Located at La Paloma, Laguna del Sauce

Uruguay Navy (Aviación Naval Uruguaya)

Laguna del Sauce (SULS) Air Base

ESANA (Escuela de Aviación Naval) Grupo: T-34C-1    

ESCAN (Grupo de Escuadrones) Grupo:

Escuadrón de Entrenamiento Avanzado: PC-7 (on loan)           

Escuadrón Antisubmarino y Exploración: Beech B200/200T, Jetstream, S-2G   

Escuadrón de Helicópteros: HB-355F2, Bo-105P1(demod), Wessex HCMK2, Bell 47G

MAGAN (Mantenimiento General de la Aviación Naval) Grupo (maintenance)

Organisations by Service Notes:

Navy 5,403 (incl 1,800 Prefectura Naval Coast Guard)

Forces by Role (Current order of battle):

Navy HQ located at Montevideo

Inventory Equipment by Type Notes:

Principal Surface Combatants • Frigates

FFG 2: 2 Uruguay (PRT Joao Belo) with 2 triple 550mm ASTT (6 eff.) each with L3 HWT, 2 single, 2 100mm gun

Patrol and Coastal Combatants 25 PCC 2 (FRA Vigilante 42m) PCI 3: 2 Colonia less than 100 tonnes (US Cape); 1 Paysandu less than 100 tonnes PBR 20: 4 UPF-Class; 16 Vigilante 27’

Mine Warfare • Mine Countermeasures • Msc 3 Temerario (Kondor II)

Amphibious 4: 2 LCVP; 2 LCM

Logistics and Support 7: ARS 1 Vanguardia AR 1 Artigas (GER, Freiburg, general spt ship) with HB- 355 med hel AG 1 Maldonado AGHS 2: 1 Helgoland; 1 Triestre ABU 1 Sirius TRG • AXS 1

Facilities: Bases Located at Montevideo (main base), Fray Bentos, Rio Negro (river)

Naval Infantry 450 Marine 1 bn (under strength)

Coast Guard 1,800

Prefectura Naval (PNN) is part of the Navy

Patrol and Coastal Combatants 14 PCC 2