The ''Descubierta''-class corvettes were a series of
corvettes built for the
Spanish Navy
The Spanish Navy or officially, the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, ...
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
The Portuguese Navy ( pt, Marinha Portuguesa, also known as ''Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa'' or as ''Armada Portuguesa'') is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Port ...
, by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira. A larger version was proposed for a second batch but the
Spanish Navy
The Spanish Navy or officially, the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, ...
chose to build the American s under licence instead.
Ships
Spanish Navy
Egyptian Navy
Royal Moroccan Navy
The Moroccan vessel is equipped with
Exocet
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Etymology
The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director ...
missiles instead of Harpoon missiles.
Gallery
Image:Infanta Elena (P-76) 060604-N-8547M-003.jpg, ''Infanta Elena'' (P-76), ex-F33, in 2008
Image:Moroccan frigate RMNS Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani (F 501).jpg, Moroccan ''Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani'' (F 501).
Image:Descubierta P75.jpg, ''Descubierta'' (P-75), ex-F31
Image:Corbeta Diana F32.jpg, ''Diana'' (M-11), ex-F32
Image:Corveta infanta Cristina F34.jpg, ''Infanta Cristina'' (P-77), Ex-F34
Image:Armada Española F35.jpg, ''Cazadora'' (P-78), Ex-F35
Image:Vencedora F36.jpg, ''Vencedora'' (P-79), ex-F36
See also
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List of naval ship classes in service
The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
For other vessels, see ...
References
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Ships of the Spanish Navy
Corvette classes
Corvettes of the Royal Moroccan Navy
Corvettes of the Spanish Navy
Corvettes of the Egyptian Navy