Spanish frigate Cataluña

	Cataluña (F73)
History
Spain
Name	Cataluña
Namesake	Catalonia
Builder	Bazan
Laid down	20 August 1970
Launched	3 November 1971
Commissioned	16 January 1975
Decommissioned	2004
Identification	F73
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 &; processing systems	AN/SPS-52B Air Search Radar; RAN-12L/X Air Search Radar; AN/SPS-10F Surface Search Radar; DE1160LF Sonar; AN/SQS-35(v)Variable Depth Sonar system; AN/SPG-53 Mk68 Gun Fire Control System;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers
Armament	1 × Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles; 1 × Mk42 5-inch/54 caliber gun; 2 × quad Mk141 launchers for Harpoon missiles; 1 × Standard SAM launcher (16 Missiles); 2 × 20mm Meroka CIWS gun systems; Mark 46 torpedoes (from 4 × single tube launchers);

Cataluña (F73) was a Spanish Navy frigate. She was the third of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the United States Navy's Knox class design, .

Laid down on 20 August 1970 and launched on 3 November 1971, Cataluña was commissioned on 16 January 1975.^[1] She was decommissioned in 2004.

Citations

Sturton, Ian (1995). "Spain". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 427–441. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.