Spanish frigate Cataluna
.jpg) SPS Cataluña (F73) | |
| History | |
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| Name: | SPS Cataluña |
| Namesake: | Catalonia |
| Builder: | Bazan |
| Laid down: | August 1970 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1975 |
| Decommissioned: | 2004 |
| Identification: | F73 |
| 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 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 August 1970 and launched on 3 November 1971, Cataluña was commissioned into service on 16 January 1975.
All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.
Other units of class
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