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Princesa 1970s

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Descubierta F51   Bazán, Cartagena 26.6.1950 9.6.1952 1.2.1955 stricken 1978
Atrevida F61, 1979- PA61, 1986- P61   Bazán, Cartagena 26.6.1950 2.12.1952 19.8.1954 stricken 2.1992
Princesa F62, 1979- PA62, 1986- P62   Bazán, Cartagena 18.3.1953 31.3.1956 3.10.1959 stricken 1991
Diana F63   Bazán, Cartagena 27.7.1953 29.4.1955 13.5.1960 stricken 1973
Nautilus F64, 1979- PA64, 1986- P64   Bazán, Cádiz 27.7.1953 23.8.1956 15.12.1959 stricken 1991
Villa de Bilbao F65, 1979- PA65, 1986- P65   Bazán, Cádiz 18.3.1953 19.2.1958 2.7.1960 stricken 1992


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

F51, 61: 912

F62-65: 997

Displacement full, t

F51, 61: 1022

F62-65: 1135

Length, m

68.0 pp 75.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

F51, 61: 2.60

F62-65: 2.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Sulzer diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

18.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 100

Endurance, nm(kts)8000(10)
Armament

F51, 61: 1 x 1 - 105/45 MPL C/32ge, 1 x 2 - 37/83 Dopp LC/30, 3 x 4 - 20/65 Vierling L/38, 4 DCT, 20 mines

F62-65: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 3 x 1 - 40/70 SP48, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipmentSPS-5B radar, QHBa sonar
Complement

132



Standard scale images


<i>Diana </i>1970
Diana 1970


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<i>Princesa </i>1970s
Princesa 1970s


Project history

Rated as corvettes although given 'F' pennant numbers.

Modernizations

1959-1960, Descubierta, Atrevida: were rebuilt as later ships (F62-65).

1979, Atrevida, Princesa, Nautilus, Villa de Bilbao: were armed with 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 3 x 1 - 40/70 SP48, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 20 mines

Naval service

In 1979 survived ships were reclassified as patrols.