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Revision as of 07:51, 27 April 2015
A port beam view of the Spanish frigate BALEARES (F-71) underway during exercise Ocean Venture '81.
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History | |
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Name | SPS Baleares (F71) |
Builder | Bazan |
Laid down | October 1968 |
Launched | 20 August 1970 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1973 |
Decommissioned | 2004 |
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) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers |
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SPS 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 October 1968 and launched on 20 August 1970, Baleares was commissioned into service on 24 September 1973.
All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.