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Photo byFrancisco Martínez Asuar, Cartagena
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Additional photo Magnify image   Francisco Martínez Asuar, Cartagena, commissioning day

Additional photo Magnify image   Francisco Martínez Asuar, Cartagena, commissioning day

Additional photo Magnify image   Francisco Martínez Asuar, Cartagena, commissioning day

Country: Spain Spain
Class, [Type]: Liniers, [FF].
Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.
Launch date: 19 May 1947.
Commission date: 16 December 1951.
Decommission date: 1982.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.280 at full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 102 x 9,7 x 3,2
Main machinery: 2 x Parsons geared turbines, 3 x Yarrow boilers ( 31.500 hp ) , 2 x shafts.
Speed ( knots ): 28.
Range ( miles ): 4.100 at 15 knots.
Complement: 222 ( 15 officers ).

Guns: 3 x 76,2/50 mm Mk34, 3 x 40/70mm Bofors.
Torpedoes: 2 x Mk4 324mm triple launchers ( 6 x Mk32 torpedoes ).
A/S Mortars: 2 x Mk9 Mod0 depth charges rack ( 6 x Mk9 Mod4 depth charges each ); 2 x Mk11 Mod0 Hedgehogs; 8 x Mk6 Mod2 mortars.
Military lift: 370 tons fuel oil.

Radar: Air search: 1 x MLA-1B; Surface search: 1 x SG-6B; Navigation: 1 x Decca TM 626; Fire control: 2 x Mk63 with SPG-34 radars.
Sonar: QHB-a.
Countermeasures: ESM: Mk5 Harp.


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