M-11 Diana

Country: Spain

Class, [Type]: Descubierta, [MCS].

Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.

Launch date: 26th January 1976.

Commission date: 30th June 1979.

Decommission date: 28th May 2015.

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 ) + 30 special operations.

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Compact, 2 x 20mm.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x ?.

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 could be used to store a hyperbaric chamber, and other containers to support diving operations.

Homeport: Cartagena.