Descubierta-class corvette
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SPS Infanta Elena (P-76), ex-F33, a corvette of the Descubierta class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Descubierta class corvette |
| Builders: | Bazan, Ferrol & Cartagena |
| Operators: | |
| Built: | 1975-1984 |
| Completed: | 9 |
| Active: | 8 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,233 tons standard, 1,482 tons full load |
| Length: | 88.8 m (291 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.4 m (34 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft, 4 MTU diesel engines, 16,000 hp (12,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 118 |
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The Descubierta-class corvettes were a series of corvettes built for the Spanish Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These ships were also sold to the Egyptian Navy and the Moroccan Navy. The ships were designed in cooperation with the German company Blohm & Voss, based on the João Coutinho-class corvettes which were designed in the late 1960s for the Portuguese Navy, by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira. A larger version was proposed for a second batch but the Spanish Navy chose to build the American Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates under licence instead.
The Moroccan vessel is equipped with Exocet missiles instead of Harpoon missiles.
SPS Infanta Elena (P-76), ex-F33, a corvette of the Descubierta class
The Moroccan corvette RMNS Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani (F 501).
Moroccan Descubierta class corvette RMNS Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani (F 501).
Descubierta (P-75), ex-F31
Diana (M-11), ex-F32
Infanta Cristina (P-77), Ex-F34
Cazadora (P-78), Ex-F35
Vencedora (P-79), ex-F36
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