Spanish frigate Asturias
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Asturias (F74)
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History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Asturias |
Namesake | Asturias |
Builder | Bazan |
Laid down | March 1971 |
Launched | 13 March 1972 |
Commissioned | 2 December 1975 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 2009 |
Identification | F74 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Baleares-class frigate |
Displacement | Template:Baleares class displacement |
Length | Template:Baleares class length |
Beam | Template:Baleares class beam |
Draft | Template:Baleares class draft |
Propulsion | Template:Baleares class propulsion |
Speed | Template:Baleares class speed |
Sensors and processing systems | Template:Baleares class sensors |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Template:Baleares class EW |
Armament | Template:Baleares class armament |
Asturias (F74) is the fourth ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down in March 1971 and launched on 13 March 1972, Asturias was commissioned into service on 2 December 1975.
All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.