ARA Heroína (D-12)

	ARA Heroína
History
Argentina
Name	Heroína
Builder	Blohm + Voss Shipyards, Hamburg, West Germany
Launched	17 February 1982
Commissioned	October 1983
Out of service	Spring 2024
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Almirante Brown-class destroyer
Displacement	3,360 tons
Length	126 m (413 ft 5 in)
Beam	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	COGAG (4 turbines) ; 36,000 shp (27,000 kW);
Speed	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range	4,500 mi (7,200 km)
Complement	224
Armament	8 × Aérospatiale MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles; 1 × Selenia/Elsag Albatross octuple launcher with 24 Aspide SAMs; 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm (5.0 in) dual purpose gun ; 8 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) L/70 AA guns (4 × twin) ; 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3);
Aircraft carried	1 Aérospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter
Aviation facilities	Single hangar

ARA Heroína (pennant number D-12) was the third ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship was the third ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the corsair frigate Heroína, which claimed the Falkland Islands for the United Provinces of the River Plate on 6 November 1820.

The Argentine Navy has struggled to meet maintenance and training requirements because of financial problems and import restrictions. In the early 2010s it was reported that the Almirante Brown class were short of spares, suffering engine problems and ordnance, at that time, was past its expiry date. Heronia herself had a prolonged period of inactivity and she was formally taken out of service in early 2024.

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