F-63 Diana

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Descubierta, [PF].

Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.

Launch date: 29 April 1955.

Commission date: 13 May 1960.

Decommission date: 10 February 1973.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.031 standard, 1.136 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 75,5 x 10,2 x 3

Main machinery: 2 x Sulzer 6-MD/42-50 diesels ( 3.200 hp ), 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 10 knots.

Complement: 136.

Guns: 1 x 76,2mm/50 Mk26, 3 x Bofors 40mm/70.

Mines: 20 mines could be carried.

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: 105 tons fuel oil.

Radar: Air/Surface: 1 x SPS-5B; Fire Control: 1 x Mk51 Mod3.

Sonar: QHB-a.

Comment: Grounded and severely damaged near Rota, Cadiz, in 1971. She was not repaired and consequently retired two years later.

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