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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 equipment	SPS-5B radar, QHBa sonar
Complement	132

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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.