The Álvaro de Bazán-class frigates are the first modern vessels of the Spanish Navy to incorporate ballistic resistant steel in the hull, along with the power plants being mounted on anti-vibration mounts to reduce noise and make them less detectable by submarines.
Photo taken from the Stobceoss (Finnieston) crane. Stobcross Quay on the right. Mavisbank and Plantation Quays on the left. Princes Dock over the sheds on the left and the. Govan drydock further down.
Post Card is dated 1967.