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Frigate Cataluña (F73)‎

Frigate Cataluña (F73)‎ 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)

Cataluña (F73) is the third ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.

Laid down on 20 August 1970 and launched on 3 November 1971, Cataluña was commissioned into service on 16 January 1975.

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