The Descubierta-class corvettes were a series of corvettes built for the Spanish Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These ships were also sold to the Egyptian Navy and the Moroccan Navy. The ships were designed in cooperation with the German company Blohm & Voss, based on the s which were designed in the late 1960s for the Portuguese Navy, by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira. A larger version was proposed for a second batch but the Spanish Navy chose to build the American s under licence instead.
Ships
Spanish Navy
Ship Pennant number Builder Commissioned Current Status Descubierta F31 Cartagena18 November 1978Transformed to patrol craft P-75 (2000). Decommissioned 30 June 2009DianaF32Cartagena30 June 1979Transformed to MCM support ship M-11 (2000). Decommissioned 27 May 2015Infanta ElenaF33Cartagena12 April 1980Transformed to patrol craft P-76 (2000). Decommissioned 17 March 2023Infanta CristinaF34Cartagena24 November 1980Transformed to patrol craft P-77 (2000). Decommissioned 20 March 2024CazadoraF35Ferrol2 July 1981Transformed to patrol craft P-78 (2000). Decommissioned 26 April 2018VencedoraF36Ferrol27 March 1982Transformed to patrol craft P-79 (2000). Decommissioned 1 January 2017
Egyptian Navy
Ship Pennant number Builder Commissioned Current StatusEl SuezF946Bazan, Ferrol21 August 1984In serviceAbo QirF941Bazan, Ferrol27 October 1984In service
Royal Moroccan Navy The Moroccan vessel is equipped with Exocet missiles instead of Harpoon missiles.
Ship Pennant number Builder Commissioned Current StatusLieutenant Colonel Errhamani501Bazan, Ferrol28 March 1983In service
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See also List of naval ship classes in service
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