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Descubierta 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Descubierta	F31, 6.2000- P75		Bazán, Cartagena	16.11.1974	8.7.1975	18.11.1978	patrol 6.2000, stricken 6.2009
Diana	F32, 6.2000- M11		Bazán, Cartagena	8.7.1975	26.1.1976	30.6.1979	mine countermeasures support ship 2000, stricken 5.2015
Infanta Elena	F33, 2006- P76		Bazán, Cartagena	26.1.1976	14.9.1976	12.4.1980	patrol 2006, in service (2019)
Infanta Cristina	F34, 6.2005- P77		Bazán, Cartagena	14.9.1976	25.4.1977	24.11.1980	patrol 6.2005, in service (2019)
Cazadora	F35, 6.2004- P78		Bazán, Ferrol	14.12.1977	17.10.1978	20.7.1981	stricken 4.2018
Vencedora	F36, 2.2004- P79		Bazán, Ferrol	1.5.1978	27.4.1979	27.3.1982	patrol 2.2004, stricken 1.2017
Centinela	F37		Bazán, Ferrol	31.10.1978	8.10.1979	28.2.1984 // ---	sold incomplete to Egypt (السويس [El Suez])
Serviola	F38		Bazán, Ferrol	28.2.1979	18.8.1980	31.7.1984 // ---	sold incomplete to Egypt (أبو قير [Aboukir])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1428
Displacement full, t	1640
Length, m	85.8 pp 88.9 oa
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	3.95
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 MTU-Bazán 16MA956 TB91 diesels
Power, h. p.	18000
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	diesel oil 250
Endurance, nm(kts)	6100(18)
Armament	2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A/C), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM (24 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL
Electronic equipment	F31, 32: DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM22/41 radars, DE1160C sonar, Beta ECM suite F33-38: DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM25 radars, DE1160C sonar, Beta ECM suite
Complement	118 + 30 marines

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Project history

Developed by Blohm & Voss from the Portuguese Joao Coutinho design, and subsequently modified by Bazán. Four ships were ordered in December 1973, and four more in May 1976. Several frigates of an improved Descubierta design prepared in the early 1980s (1879t full load, 100m oa, weapons as Descubierta plus helicopter and hangar, gas turbine propulsion, 30+ kts) were proposed, but orders placed were for the much larger FFG7 type.

Modernizations

late 1980s, all: - Beta ECM suite; + Furuno radar, Deneb Mk 1600, Canopus Mk 1600 ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, Tritan IV CCS

2000, Diana: - 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM, 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/70, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM22/41 radars, DE1160C sonar, Deneb Mk 1600, Canopus Mk 1600 ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; + Furuno (2nd) radar, decompression chamber, foundations for four portable mine countermeasures repair shop modules.

2000, Descubierta: - 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM, 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, DE1160C sonar; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, type 1007 radar, Compass e/o IR detector, 2x Panda e/o directors

2004, Cazadora, Vencedora; 2005, Infanta Cristina; 2006, Infanta Elena: - 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (2 x 2 Harpoon SSM retained), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 1 - 40/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, DE1160C sonar; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, type 1007 radar, Compass e/o IR detector, 2x Panda e/o directors

Naval service

No significant events.