SPS Extremadura (F75)
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SPS Extremadura (F75)
SPS Extremadura (F75)
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Name: | SPS Extremadura |
Namesake: | Extremadura |
Builder: | Bazan |
Laid down: | November 1971 |
Launched: | 21 November 1972 |
Commissioned: | 10 November 1976 |
Decommissioned: | 2006 |
Identification: | F75 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Baleares-class frigate |
Displacement: | 3,015 long tons (3,063 t), standard 4,177 long tons (4,244 t), full load |
Length: | 438 ft (134 m), overall |
Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Draft: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Propulsion: | 1 shaft, one Westinghouse steam turbine, 2 V2M boilers. total 35,000 shp (maximum), |
Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers |
Armament: |
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SPS Extremadura (F75) is the fifth ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down on November 1971 and launched on 21 November 1972, Extremadura was commissioned into service on 10 November 1976.
All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.