P-77 Infanta Cristina

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Infanta Elena, [PS].

Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.

Launch date: 25 April 1977.

Commission date: 24 November 1980.

Decommission date: 15 March 2024.

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: 90 ( ? officers ) plus space for 18 more.

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 compact, 1 x Oerlikon 20mm/120, 4 x Browning M2 QCB 12,7mm, 2 x 7,62mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon ( one quad launcher, usually carrying two missiles only ).

Radar: Air/Surface: Thales DA 05/2, bands E/F; Surface search: Thales ZW 06; Navigation: 1 x Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, I band, 1 x Koden; Fire Control: 1 x Thales WM 25.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x FMC SRBOC Mk 36; ESM: Ceselsa Deneb; ECM: Ceselsa Canopus.

Callsign: EBIO ()

Comment: Tritan IV combat sytem. Carries three RHIBs: 1 x Valiant 750, 2 x Zodiac Mk5. Former corvette F34 Infanta Cristina, converted to patrol duties. Renumbered to P77 on 13th January 2004.

Homeport: Cartagena.

Similar units:

 P76 Infanta Elena
 P78 Cazadora
 P79 Vencedora