An item reported that the USA and Spain signed on 30 April an agreement to modernize the navy of the last country. For the first phase was maximum 25,252,465,00 US dollars avaible and which budget was not to be exceeded and 24 ships to be modernized. Second phase of the programme was yet not decided. The involved ships were 2 Alava-class destroyers (to be equipped with Squid/Asdic and 3-3” Mk 34 guns, (Jane’s 1958-9 mentioned the Alava and Liniers laid down on 21 December 1944, respectively 1 January 1945), 4 Churruca-class destroyers (Jane’s 1958-9 reports dating from the 1930s), 4 Audaz-class corvettes (to be fitted out with 2-3” Mk34 guns, (Jane’s 1958-9 called anti submarine frigates, laid down in 1945), 5 Tambre-class minesweepers, 2 Descubierta-class corvettes, 2 Pizarro-class corvettes (Jane’s 1958-9 called frigates since 1958, laid down in 1944), 2 Jupiter-class minelayers (Jane’s 1958-9 called frigate minelayers, dating from the 1903s), 2 D-class submarines and 1 training ship.
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Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.
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