Eugenio´s Warships 
Eugenio Castillo Pert, Málaga
Additional pictures:
Antonio Muñoz Criado, Málaga
Jose Luis Porta, 25th February 2007
Ramón Suárez Suárez, Mahón, 6th June 2010
Javier Bueno Iturbe, May 26th 2008, Málaga
Stefano Sopelza, Trieste, 20th September 2007
Class, [Type]: Descubierta, [MCS].
Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.
Launch date: 26 January 1976.
Commission date: 30 June 1979.
Displacement ( tons ): 1.233 standard, 1.666 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 88,8 x 10,4 x 3,8
Main machinery: 4 x MTU-Bazán 16V 956 TB91 diesels ( 15.000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 25.
Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 18 knots, 7.500 at 12 knots.
Complement: 118 ( 10 officers ) plus 30 special operations.
Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Compact.
Radar: Air/Surface search: Signaal DA 05/2, E/F bands; Navigation: Signaal ZW 06.
Sonar: Raytheon 1160B.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36; ESM: Elsag Mk 1000; ECM: Ceselsa Canopus.
Callsign: EBJT (
)Comment: This ship is former corvette Diana (F32), now converted to mine countermeasures command ship. Bofors mountings have been eliminated. Harpoon and Sea Sparrow missiles have also been detached. The space gained after the conversion is now used to store a hyperbaric chamber, and other containers to support diving operations.
Homeport: Cartagena.
