Audaz-class destroyer

Class overview
Builders	Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Ferrol
Operators	Spanish Navy
Preceded by	Churruca class
Succeeded by	Lepanto class
Built	1945–1965
In commission	1953–1982
Completed	9
Scrapped	8
General characteristics Original design
Displacement	1,124 t (1,106 long tons) standard
Length	93.9 m (308 ft 1 in) o/a
Beam	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	23,000 kW (30,800 shp)
Propulsion	3 × boilers 2 × Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	145
Armament	3 × 105 mm (4.1 in) dual-purpose guns 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
General characteristics As modified
Displacement	1,247 t (1,227 long tons) standard
Armament	2 × 76 mm (3.0 in)/50 anti-aircraft guns 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors L/70 anti-aircraft guns

The Audaz class was a class of nine destroyers built for the Spanish Navy after the Second World War. Construction was slow, with only four completed to the original design from 1953–1956. The remaining five ships completed as anti-submarine escorts with a new armament and sensor fit from 1960 to 1965, while the original four ships were also modified to this standard. Built at Ferrol, they completed in 1946–1950 and were rated as gunboats, and were redesignated as frigates in 1959. The last of the class, Intrepido, was stricken in 1982.