Alvaro de Bazán class frigate
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The Alvaro de Bazán class (also known as the F100 class of frigates) are a new class of AEGIS-equipped air defense frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. Built in El Ferrol. The Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class of frigates is a derivative design.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are conducting final systems integration.
Alvaro de Bazán class frigates already built
- F101 Alvaro de Bazan 2002
- F102 Almirante Juan de Borbon 2003
- F103 Blas de Lezo 2004
- F104 Mendez Nunez 2005
- F-105 (ordered, commission 2009)
History
In late 2005, Álvaro de Bazán, the first ship of the class, was deployed as part of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf. This was the first deployment of a Spanish warship as part of an American naval battle group.
Specifications
- Builder: IZAR, Astillero Ferrol
- Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
- Shafts: 2
- Length: 147 m (482 ft)
- Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft)
- Draught: 4.75 (15 ft)
- Displacement: 5,802 tons full load
- Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
- Range: 5000 mi
- Cost: 385 million €
- Crew: 240 (35 officers)
- Armament:
- * 1 x 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun
- * 2 x CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka gun
- * 6 x Mk41 8-cell VLS
- ** SAM: 32 x Standard SM-2 Block IIIA
- ** SAM: 64 x RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile
- * SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon
- * ASW: 4 x 324mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
- Helicopter:
- * 1 x Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk
- Electronics
- * Sonar: ENOSA-Raytheon DE 1160LF (I)
- * Radar: Lockheed Martin SPY-1D 3-D
- * Surface Radar: Raytheon SPS-67(V)4
- * Weapon Control: Aegis combat system, 2 x Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator, 1 x FABA DORNA fire control
- * Navigation: Thales Scout
- Countermeasures
- * 4 x FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers
- * SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures
- * ESM/ECM: Indra SLQ-380
- * CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
Units
- Álvaro de Bazán (F101)
- Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)
- Blas de Lezo (F103)
- Méndez Núñez (F104)
See also
- El Ferrol City and Naval Station in North-western Spain.
External links
- [Armada Española]
- [Spanish Navy] page on Andrew Toppan's Haze Gray and Underway
- [See Armada Española Photos]
- [Spanish Ship Joins TR Strike Group]
- [Spain: Frigate not involved in combat]
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