![]() Lepanto underway at sea, c. 1970s | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Lepanto class |
Builders | |
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Preceded by | Audaz class |
Succeeded by | Oquendo class |
Subclasses | Fletcher class |
Built | 1941–1943 |
In commission | 1957–1988 |
Planned | 5 |
Completed | 5 |
Retired | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 376.5 ft (114.8 m) |
Beam | 39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m) |
Draft | 17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 |
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Armament |
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The Lepanto class was a class of five destroyers of the Spanish Navy, which originated from the US Navy Fletcher-class destroyers. They entered service in 1957, with the last one being decommissioned in 1988.[1]