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Marqués de la Ensenada 1976

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Roger de Lauria	D42		Bazán, Ferrol / Cartagena	4.9.1951	12.11.1958 //29.8.1967	30.5.1969	stricken 1982
Marqués de la Ensenada	D43		Bazán, Ferrol / Cartagena	4.9.1951	15.7.1959 // 2.3.1968	10.9.1970	stricken 11.1988

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3012
Displacement full, t	3785
Length, m	119.3
Breadth, m	13.0
Draught, m	5.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 3 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	60000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	oil 700
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(15)
Armament	3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter (Hughes 369HM)
Electronic equipment	SPS-10B, SPS-40, Decca RM426, Mk 25, Mk 35 radars, SQS-32C, SQA-10 sonars, WLR-1 ECM suite
Complement	318

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Project history

Launched as units two and three of the Oquendo class (above) bul completed at Cartagena to an enlarged and modernized design; they were relaunched after hulks were lengthened and widened. Full US weapon and electronic fit, and generally to USN Gearing class FRAM II standards.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Marqués de la Ensenada was repaired after terrorist bomb attack on 2 October 1981, parts being taken from Roger de Lauria. Speed was reduced by recurrent boiler problems.