SPS Asturias (F74)
 SPS Asturias (F74) | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SPS Asturias (F74) |
| Namesake: | Asturias |
| Builder: | Bazan |
| Laid down: | March 1971 |
| Launched: | 13 March 1972 |
| Commissioned: | 2 December 1975 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 June 2009 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Baleares-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,015 long tons (3,063 t), standard 4,177 long tons (4,244 t), full load |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m), overall |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, one Westinghouse steam turbine, 2 V2M boilers. total 35,000 shp (maximum), |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 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 Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 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) |
SPS Asturias (F74) is the fourth ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down on March 1971 and launched on 13 March 1972, Baleares was commissioned into service on 2 December 1975.
All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.
Other units of class
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