Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate

Almirante Juan de Borbón
Class overview
Name:	Álvaro de Bazán class
Builders:	NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol
Operators:	Spanish Navy
Preceded by:	Santa María class
Subclasses:	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate Hobart-class destroyer
Cost:	F101/4 €453m (~US$600m) each F105 €834m (~US$1.1bn)
In commission:	5
Active:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile frigate
Displacement:	5,800-6,391 tonnes
Length:	146.7 m (481 ft)
Beam:	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draft:	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
Propulsion:	CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
Speed:	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	250 (48 officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3-D multifunction radar Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar 2 × ARIES navigation/surface radar 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator
Electronic warfare & decoys:	4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures Indra SLQ-380 EW suite Indra Mk 9500 interceptor
Armament:	1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun Provision for one CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka system. 1 × 48 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 32 × Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile 8 × McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 double Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
Aircraft carried:	1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk

F101/4 €453m (~US$600m) each

The Álvaro de Bazán class (also known as the F100 class of frigates) are a new class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. They are being built in the Spanish factory of Navantia in Ferrol and are named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.

The ships are fitted with American Aegis weapons technology allowing them to track hundreds of airborne targets simultaneously as part of its air defence network. The F100 Álvaro de Bazán-class multi-role frigate is one of the few non-US warships to carry the Aegis Combat System and its associated AN/SPY-1 radar. Japan's Kongō class, South Korea's Sejong the Great class, the F100-derived Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class of frigates also use the Aegis system. Lockheed Martin, Navantia and the U.S. Navy are conducting final systems integration.

The F105 will be the basis of the Australian Hobart-class destroyer (previously known as the "Air Warfare Destroyer"). The Australian government announced in June 2007 that, in partnership with Navantia, three F100 vessels will be built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with the first due for delivery in 2014.

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