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Guided missile frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F 101)

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Classification

Ship class:
Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate (F 100 class)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Admiral Álvaro de Bazán
Operator:
Spanish NavySpanish Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Navantia
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
6,494 t
Length:
146.7 m
Beam:
18.6 m
Draft:
4.75 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
  • 2 * Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
  • 2 * Propellers
Speed:
28.5 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
250

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3-D multifunction radar
  • Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar
  • Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar
  • Thales Scout navigation radar
  • 2 * Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator
  • Aegis combat system
  • 4 * FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers
  • SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures
  • Indra SLQ-380 EW suite
  • CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
Armament:
  • 1 * 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun
  • 2 * CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka system
  • 1 * 48 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
  • SAM 32 * Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA
  • SAM 64 * RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
  • SSM 8 * McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-shipping missile
  • ASW 4 * 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 torpedo
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk

Álvaro de Bazán is the lead ship of the Álvaro de Bazán class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. She is named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.

In late 2005, Álvaro de Bazán 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.

In early March 2007, Álvaro de Bazán became the first Spanish warship to visit Australia in 150 years. The deployment included several port visits, and was performed to support Navantia's bid to design the Hobart-class destroyer for the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was also visiting Australia as part of the first circumnavigation of the globe by a Spanish warship in 142 years.

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