Baleares 1980
Baleares 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Baleares | F71 | Bazán, Ferrol | 31.10.1968 | 20.8.1970 | 24.9.1973 | stricken 3.2005 | |
| Andalucía | F72 | Bazán, Ferrol | 2.7.1969 | 30.3.1971 | 23.5.1974 | stricken 12.2005 | |
| Cataluña | F73 | Bazán, Ferrol | 20.8.1970 | 3.11.1971 | 16.1.1975 | stricken 6.2004 | |
| Asturias | F74 | Bazán, Ferrol | 30.3.1971 | 13.5.1972 | 2.12.1975 | stricken 6.2009 | |
| Extremadura | F75 | Bazán, Ferrol | 3.11.1971 | 21.11.1972 | 10.11.1976 | stricken 9.2006 |
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Displacement standard, t |
3350 |
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Displacement full, t |
4177 |
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Length, m |
126.5 pp 133.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
14.3 |
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Draught, m |
4.60 hull 7.01 max over sonar |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
35000 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 750 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(20) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 Standard SM-1MR Block V SAM (16 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (16 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42 Mod. 10, 2 - 483 TT (stern), 4 - 324 Mk 32 Mod. 9 TT (41 torpedoes at all) |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-10, SPS-52A, SPG-51C, SPG-53B, Pathfinder radars, SQS-23, SQS-35A VDS sonars, WLR-1 ECM suite |
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Complement |
256 |
Project history: Generally very similar to US Knox class, but with medium-range Tartar-Standard system replaced helicopter facilities and BPDMS. Hulls and machinery were fabricated in Spain, but the USN supplied weapons and sensors. All torpedo tubes were fitted internally and fixed, the 324mm being inclined at 45°, while the 533m were in the stern.
Modernizations: 1988, Asturias; 1989, Extremadura, Cataluña; 1990, Baleares; 1991, Andalucía: - SPS-52A, Pathfinder radar, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 2 x 12 - 20/120 Meroka Mod. 2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-52B, Decca 1226, RAN-12L/X, 2x VPS-2 radars, DE1160C sonar, Deneb Mk 1500/1600 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, Tritan-1 CCS
mid-1990s, all: - 2 - 483 TT
Naval service: No significant events.
Baleares 1980
Extremadura 2003
© Ivan Gogin, 2017