D-52 Álava

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Liniers, [FF].

Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.

Launch date: 19 May 1947.

Commission date: 16 December 1951.

Decommission date: 02 November 1978.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.280 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 102 x 9,7 x 3,2

Main machinery: 2 x Parsons geared turbines, 3 x Yarrow boilers ( 31.500 hp ) , 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 28.

Range ( miles ): 4.100 at 15 knots.

Complement: 222 ( 15 officers ).

Guns: 3 x 76,2mm/50 Mk34, 3 x 40mm/70 Bofors.

Torpedoes: 2 x Mk4 324mm triple launchers ( 6 x Mk32 torpedoes ).

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: 370 tons fuel oil.

Radar: Air search: 1 x MLA-1B; Surface search: 1 x SG-6B; Navigation: 1 x Decca TM 626; Fire control: 2 x Mk63 with SPG-34 radars.

Sonar: QHB-a.

Countermeasures: ESM: Mk5 Harp.

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