page_title: Esmeraldas-class corvette
hierarchical_section_title: Esmeraldas-class corvette
caption_attribution_description: Note&#58; This description has been identified as biased or incorrect&#58; Image shows hull number CM 13, known to be BAE Los Rios.&#32; 990604-N-5862D-016 Operation / Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH `99 Ecuadorian navy ship ESMERALDAS (CM 11) cruises off the coast of Ecuador during training exercises with USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) (not shown) while en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy. Camera Operator: PH1 CHRIS DESMOND, USN Date Shot: 4 Jun 1999
context_page_description: The Esmeraldas-class corvettes are a class of corvette in service with the Ecuadorian Navy, built in Italy by Fincantieri, entering service in the early 1980s.
  The vessels were built on the Type 550 corvette design, similar to the Assad and Laksamana-class corvettes, built primarily for export.
context_section_description: The Esmeraldas-class corvettes are a class of corvette in service with the Ecuadorian Navy, built in Italy by Fincantieri, entering service in the early 1980s.
  The vessels were built on the Type 550 corvette design, similar to the Assad and Laksamana-class corvettes, built primarily for export.
caption: An Esmeraldas-class corvette training off the coast of Ecuador in 1999.
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