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Álava 1952

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Álava	D23, 1.1962- D52		SECN, Cartagena	7.1.1944	18.5.1947	11.12.1951	stricken 11.1978
Liniers	D21, 9.1962- D51		SECN, Cartagena	30.12.1944	1.5.1946	27.1.1951	stricken 12.1982

Technical data

Data variant	as commissioned	1962 modernization
Displacement standard, t	1712	1842
Displacement full, t	2225	2287
Length, m	97.5 pp 101.1 oa	97.5 pp 102.5 oa
Breadth, m	9.68	9.68
Draught, m	3.70	3.70 normal 6.00 max
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	42000	31500
Max speed, kts	36	29
Fuel, t	oil 491	oil 540
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(14)	4100(15)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk F, 2 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR	3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 3 x 1 - 40/70 SP48, 2 - 324 TR (side, 6), 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	---	MLA-1B, SG-6B, Decca TM626, 2x Mk 63 radars, SQS-30A sonar
Complement	204	222

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Project history

Ordered under the law from 11.1.1936 mainly for SECN stuffing; under the design they were practically identical to Almirante Antequera class, differing by only quadruple TT mounts. Prior to the beginning of Civil war materials for both ships were only prepared, in September, 1939 works were renewed, however 26.1.1940 suspended in view of obvious outdating of project. Again the building of these destroyers was authorized 22.5.1943 and 24.1.1944 respectively, originally to sell this pair to Argentina, after abandoning of Argentineans in 1944 from their acquisition they were built for Spanish Navy on the sample of Almirante Antequera. They were completed only in the early fifties, being already archaic.

Modernizations

(1960-1/1962), Álava; (1960-9/1962), Liniers: were drastically reconstructed to ASW ships with data as given in the table.

Naval service

Liniers since 1960s was used for training at Naval Academy.