Roger de Lauria 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Roger de Lauria | D42 | Bazán, Ferrol / Cartagena | 4.9.1951 | 12.11.1958 //29.8.1967 | 30.5.1969 | stricken 1982 | |
| Marqués de la Ensenada | D43 | Bazán, Ferrol / Cartagena | 4.9.1951 | 15.7.1959 // 2.3.1968 | 10.9.1970 | stricken 11.1988 |
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Displacement standard, t |
3012 |
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Displacement full, t |
3785 |
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Length, m |
119.3 |
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Breadth, m |
13.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 3 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
31 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 700 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(15) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter (Hughes 369HM) |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-10B, SPS-40, Decca RM426, Mk 25, Mk 35 radars, SQS-32C, SQA-10 sonars, WLR-1 ECM suite |
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Complement |
318 |
Project history: Launched as units two and three of the Oquendo class (above) bul completed at Cartagena to an enlarged and modernized design; they were relaunched after hulks were lengthened and widened. Full US weapon and electronic fit, and generally to USN Gearing class FRAM II standards.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Marqués de la Ensenada was repaired after terrorist bomb attack on 2 October 1981, parts being taken from Roger de Lauria. Speed was reduced by recurrent boiler problems.
Marqués de la Ensenada 1976
© Ivan Gogin, 2015