Spanish frigate Asturias

	Asturias (F74)
History
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:	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:	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);

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.

Other units of class

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