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![]() Asturias (F74)
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Name | Asturias |
Namesake | Asturias |
Builder | Bazan |
Laid down | 30 March 1971 |
Launched | 13 March 1972 |
Commissioned | 2 December 1975 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 2009 |
Identification | F74 |
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 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers |
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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 30 March 1971 and "launched on 13 March 1972," Asturias was commissioned into service on 2 December 1975.
Citations※
- ^ Sturton, p. 435
Bibliography※
- Sturton, Ian (1995). "Spain". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 427–441. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.