Spanish frigate Cataluña
Cataluña (F73) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | Cataluña |
| Namesake | Catalonia |
| Builder | Bazan |
| Laid down | 20 August 1970 |
| Launched | 3 November 1971 |
| Commissioned | 16 January 1975 |
| Decommissioned | 2004 |
| Identification | F73 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Baleares-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,015 long tons (3,063 t), standard 4,177 long tons (4,244 t), full load |
| Length | 438 ft (134 m), overall |
| Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, one Westinghouse steam turbine, 2 V2M boilers. total 35,000 shp (maximum), |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers |
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Cataluña (F73) was a Spanish Navy frigate. She was the third of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the United States Navy's Knox class design, .
Laid down on 20 August 1970 and launched on 3 November 1971, Cataluña was commissioned on 16 January 1975. She was decommissioned in 2004.