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Capitán Prat 2001

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Capitán Prat (ex-Norfolk)	11		Swan Hunter, Tyne, UK	15.3.1966	16.11.1967	7.3.1970 // 17.2.1982	retired 7.2006
Almirante Cochrane (ex-Antrim)	12		Fairfield, Govan, UK	20.1.1966	10.10.1967	14.7.1970 // 22.6.1984	retired 11.2006
Almirante Latorre (ex-Glamorgan)	14		Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK	13.9.1962	9.7.1964	13.10.1966 // 3.10.1986	spare source 12.1998
Almirante Blanco Encalada (ex-Fife)	15		Fairfield, Govan, UK	31.5.1962	9.7.1964	21.6.1966 // 12.8.1987	for disposal 12.2003

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	5440
Displacement full, t	6800
Length, m	153.9 pp 158.9 oa
Breadth, m	16.4
Draught, m	6.20 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COSAG: 2 sets geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers + 4 G6 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	30000+30000=60000
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	oil 600
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(28)
Armament	11, 12, 15: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 2 Sea Slug Mk 2 SAM (30 Sea Slug), 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (8 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS) 14: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 2 Sea Slug Mk 2 SAM (30 Sea Slug), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS)
Electronic equipment	11, 12, 15: type 978, type 965M AKE-2, type 992Q, type 277, type 901, type 903, 2x 904 radars, type 184, type 162 sonars, UA-8/9, type 667 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL, ADAWS-1 CCS 14: type 978, type 965M AKE-2, type 992Q, type 277, type 901, type 903 radars, type 184, type 162 sonars, UA-8/9, type 667 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL, ADAWS-1 CCS
Complement	470

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Project history

Former RN County class destroyers.

Modernizations

1988, Almirante Blanco Encalada: - 1 x 2 Sea Slug Mk 2 SAM, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS), type 901 radar, 2x Corvus decoy RL; + 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 46 Mod.5), 2 helicopters (Cougar)(helicopter deck was enlarged from 325 to 617m²), 4x Barricade decoy RL.

1993, Almirante Blanco Encalada: - ADAWS-1 CCS; + SP-100 CCS

1993, Almirante Cochrane: - 1 x 2 Sea Slug Mk 2 SAM, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS), type 901 radar, 2x Corvus decoy RL, ADAWS-1 CCS; + 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 46 Mod.5), 2 helicopters (Cougar)(helicopter deck was enlarged from 325 to 617m²), 4x Barricade decoy RL, SP-100 CCS

1994, Almirante Blanco Encalada, Almirante Cochrane: - 2 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, 2x type 904 radars; + 2 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 16 Barak), 2x EL/M-2228S radars

2001, Capitán Prat: - 1 x 2 Sea Slug Mk 2 SAM, 2 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS), type 901, 2x type 904 radars, 2x Corvus decoy RL, ADAWS-1 CCS; + 2 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 16 Barak), 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 46 Mod.5), 1 helicopter (Cougar), 2x EL/M-2228S radars, 4x Barricade decoy RL, SP-100 CCS

Naval service

No significant events.