F-31 Descubierta

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Descubierta, [PF].

Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.

Launch date: 08 July 1975.

Commission date: 18 November 1978.

Decommission date: 30 June 2009.

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: 118 ( 10 officers ) plus space for 30 special operations/commandos .

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Compact, 2 x Bofors 40mm/70.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon ( in two cuadruple mountings ); SAM: 24 x Raytheon Sea Sparrow or Alenia Aspide.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Mk 32 ( 2 triple tubes ). 24 x Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

A/S Mortars: 1 x Bofors 375mm, automatic loading and able to fire up to distances of 3,6km .

Radar: Air/Surface: Signaal DA 05/2, bands E/F; Navigation: Signaal ZW 06.

Sonar: Raytheon 1160B.

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

Callsign: EBIS ()

Comment: Renumbered to P75 on 5th June 2000.

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