Descubierta 1990
Infanta Elena 2010
Diana 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Descubierta | F31, 6.2000- P75 | Bazán, Cartagena | 16.11.1974 | 8.7.1975 | 18.11.1978 | patrol 6.2000, stricken 6.2009 | |
| Diana | F32, 6.2000- M11 | Bazán, Cartagena | 8.7.1975 | 26.1.1976 | 30.6.1979 | mine countermeasures support ship 2000, stricken 5.2015 | |
| Infanta Elena | F33, 2006- P76 | Bazán, Cartagena | 26.1.1976 | 14.9.1976 | 12.4.1980 | patrol 2006, in service (2019) | |
| Infanta Cristina | F34, 6.2005- P77 | Bazán, Cartagena | 14.9.1976 | 25.4.1977 | 24.11.1980 | patrol 6.2005, in service (2019) | |
| Cazadora | F35, 6.2004- P78 | Bazán, Ferrol | 14.12.1977 | 17.10.1978 | 20.7.1981 | stricken 4.2018 | |
| Vencedora | F36, 2.2004- P79 | Bazán, Ferrol | 1.5.1978 | 27.4.1979 | 27.3.1982 | patrol 2.2004, stricken 1.2017 | |
| Centinela | F37 | Bazán, Ferrol | 31.10.1978 | 8.10.1979 | 28.2.1984 // --- | sold incomplete to Egypt (السويس [El Suez]) | |
| Serviola | F38 | Bazán, Ferrol | 28.2.1979 | 18.8.1980 | 31.7.1984 // --- | sold incomplete to Egypt (أبو قير [Aboukir]) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1428 |
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Displacement full, t |
1640 |
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Length, m |
85.8 pp 88.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.4 |
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Draught, m |
3.95 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 MTU-Bazán 16MA956 TB91 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
18000 |
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Max speed, kts |
26 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 250 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
6100(18) |
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Armament |
2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A/C), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM (24 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
F31, 32: DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM22/41 radars, DE1160C sonar, Beta ECM suite F33-38: DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM25 radars, DE1160C sonar, Beta ECM suite |
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Complement |
118 + 30 marines |
Project history: Developed by Blohm & Voss from the Portuguese Joao Coutinho design, and subsequently modified by Bazán. Four ships were ordered in December 1973, and four more in May 1976. Several frigates of an improved Descubierta design prepared in the early 1980s (1879t full load, 100m oa, weapons as Descubierta plus helicopter and hangar, gas turbine propulsion, 30+ kts) were proposed, but orders placed were for the much larger FFG7 type.
Modernizations: late 1980s, all: - Beta ECM suite; + Furuno radar, Deneb Mk 1600, Canopus Mk 1600 ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, Tritan IV CCS
2000, Diana: - 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM, 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/70, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM22/41 radars, DE1160C sonar, Deneb Mk 1600, Canopus Mk 1600 ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; + Furuno (2nd) radar, decompression chamber, foundations for four portable mine countermeasures repair shop modules.
2000, Descubierta: - 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM, 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, DE1160C sonar; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, type 1007 radar, Compass e/o IR detector, 2x Panda e/o directors
2004, Cazadora, Vencedora; 2005, Infanta Cristina; 2006, Infanta Elena: - 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (2 x 2 Harpoon SSM retained), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, DE1160C sonar; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, type 1007 radar, Compass e/o IR detector, 2x Panda e/o directors
Naval service: No significant events.
Descubierta 1980
Infanta Elena 2003
Diana 2003
Infanta Elena 2008
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