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Frigate Baleares (F71)‎

Frigate Baleares (F71)‎ 0

Classification

Ship class:
Baleares-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Operator:
Spanish NavySpanish Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Navantia
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Decommissioned

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,177 t
Length:
133.6 m
Beam:
14.25 m
Draft:
7.54 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * V2M boilers, total 26,000 kW (35,000 shp)
  • 1 * shaft, 1 * Westinghouse steam turbine
Speed:
28 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
256

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • AN/SPS-52B air search radar
  • RAN-12L/X air search radar
  • AN/SPS-10F surface search radar
  • DE1160LF sonar
  • AN/SQS-35(v) variable depth sonar system
  • AN/SPG-53 Mk 68 gun fire control system
  • Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers
Armament:
  • 1 * Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles
  • 1 * Mk42 5-inch/54 caliber gun
  • 2 * quad Mk141 launchers for Harpoon missiles
  • 1 * Standard SAM launcher (16 Missiles)
  • 2 * 20mm Meroka CIWS gun systems
  • Mark 46 torpedoes (from 4 * single tube launchers)

Baleares (F71) is the lead ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.

Laid down on 31 October 1968 and launched on 20 August 1970, Baleares was commissioned into service on 24 September 1973.

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