Oquendo 1961
Oquendo 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Oquendo | D41 | Bazán, Ferrol | 15.6.1951 | 5.9.1956 | 13.9.1960 | stricken 1978 | |
| Roger de Lauria | D42 | Bazán, Ferrol | 4.9.1951 | 12.11.1958 | --- | completed under revised design | |
| Marqués de la Ensenada | D43 | Bazán, Ferrol | 4.9.1951 | 15.7.1959 | --- | completed under revised design |
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Displacement standard, t |
2050 |
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Displacement full, t |
2765 |
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Length, m |
110.8 pp 116.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.1 |
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Draught, m |
3.60 mean |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 3 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
39 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 659 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(15) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 120/50 NG53, 6 x 1 - 40/70 SP48, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 - 324 TC, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
as in 1963: type 262P, type 275M, type 293Q, SNW-10 radars, QHBa sonar |
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Complement |
267 |
Project history: Nine units of this class, based on the pre-war French Le Hardi class, were ordered in 1947-1948, but six, Blas de Lezo, Blasco de Garay, Bonifaz, Gelmirez, Langara and Recalde, were cancelled in 1953. The 8 105mm guns (4x2), 7 533mm torpedo tubes (1x3+2x2) and 2 DC throwers originally planned were replaced by the 120mm guns and ASW weapons. Trials of Oquendo showed a dangerous lack of stability, so she was taken in hand for ballasting and reduction of top weight. This work was completed on 22 April 1963. British radars and fire-control equipment were installed. Two following ships were dismantled and completed to a such altered and enlarged design.
Modernizations: 4.1963: new data became: 2582/3005t, 116.5x11.1x3.80m, 32.4kts; - 1 x 2 - 120/50 ('X'), 4 x 1 - 20/70
Naval service: No significant events.
Oquendo on trials
© Ivan Gogin, 2015