Álava 1951
Álava 1965
Liniers 1981
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Álava | D23, 1.1962- D52 | SECN, Cartagena | 7.1.1944 | 18.5.1947 | 11.12.1951 | stricken 11.1978 | |
Liniers | D21, 9.1962- D51 | SECN, Cartagena | 30.12.1944 | 1.5.1946 | 27.1.1951 | stricken 12.1982 |
Data variant | as commissioned |
Displacement standard, t |
1712 |
Displacement full, t |
2225 |
Length, m |
97.5 pp 101.1 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.68 |
Draught, m |
3.70 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
42000 |
Max speed, kts |
36 |
Fuel, t |
oil 491 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(14) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk F, 2 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR |
Complement |
204 |
Project history: Ordered under the law from 11.1.1936 mainly for SECN stuffing; under the design they were practically identical to Almirante Antequera class, differing by only quadruple TT mounts. Prior to the beginning of Civil war materials for both ships were only prepared, in September, 1939 works were renewed, however 26.1.1940 suspended in view of obvious outdating of project. Again the building of these destroyers was authorized 22.5.1943 and 24.1.1944 respectively, originally to sell this pair to Argentina, after abandoning of Argentineans in 1944 from their acquisition they were built for Spanish Navy on the sample of Almirante Antequera. They were completed only in the early fifties, being already archaic.
Modernizations: (1960-1/1962), Álava; (1960-9/1962), Liniers: were drastically reconstructed to ASW ships with data as given in the table.
Data variant | 1962 modernization |
Displacement standard, t |
1842 |
Displacement full, t |
2287 |
Length, m |
97.5 pp 102.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
9.68 |
Draught, m |
3.70 normal 6.00 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
31500 |
Max speed, kts |
29 |
Fuel, t |
oil 540 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
4100(15) |
Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 3 x 1 - 40/70 SP48, 2 - 324 TR (side, 6), 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR |
Sensors | MLA-1B, SG-6B, Decca TM626, 2x Mk 63 radars, SQS-30A sonar |
Complement |
222 |
Naval service: Liniers since 1960s was used for training at Naval Academy.
Álava 1952
Álava 1960s
Álava 1974
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