| SPS Andalucia (F72) | |
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 Spanish frigate Andalucia, Almería, Spain. | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | SPS Andalucia (F72) |
| Namesake: | Andalusia |
| Builder: | Bazan |
| Laid down: | July 1969 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 23 May 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 2005 |
| 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) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers |
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SPS Andalucia (F72) is the second ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down in July 1969 and launched on 30 March 1971, Andalucia was commissioned into service on 23 May 1974.
All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.
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