Guided missile frigate Almirante Juan de Borbón (F 102)

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Basic information

Namesake:
Almirante Juan de Borbón
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Ship measurements

Displacement:
6,391 t
Length:
146.7 m
Beam:
18.6 m
Draft:
4.75 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
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

Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) is the second ship of the new F-100 class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy in 2003. She is named for Infante Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona, father of the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I.

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