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  • Ships in class
    NameNumberLaunchedCommissionedHomeport
    Álvaro de BazánF-10131 October 200019 September 2002Ferrol
    Almirante Juan de BorbónF-10228 February 20023 December 2003Ferrol
    Blas de LezoF-10316 May 200316 December 2004Ferrol
    Méndez NúñezF-10412 November 200421 March 2006Ferrol
    Cristóbal ColónF-1054 November 201023 October 2012Ferrol
  • Length
    • 146.7 m
  • Beam
    • 18.6 m
  • Draft
    • 7.2 m
  • Displacement
    • 5,700 t (5,982 t F-105).
  • Propulsion
    • CODOG (Combined Diesel or Gas)
    • 2 GE LM-2500 of 47,000 HP
    • 2 GE LM-2500 gas turbines with a power of 47,000 HP
    • 2 diesel Bazán Bravo with a power of 12,200 HP (F-101 - F-104)
    • 2 diesel BRAVO 16V of 5,650 kW (F-105).
    • 1 bow thrusters to maneuver than 850 kW (F-105)
    • Shafts drive two controllable pitch propellers
  • Speed
    • 28 knots
  • Range
    • 4,500 NM at 18 knots
  • Complement
    • 200
  • Sensors
    • Multifunction radar: 3D AN/SPY-1D (AN/SPY-1D (V) in F-105).
    • Surface search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-67 (Indra Aries-NAV in F-105).
    • Navigation radar: AN/SPS-73 (Indra Aries-SAAS in F-105).
    • Radar illuminator: 2 Raytheon AN/SPG-62 (Mk-99)
    • Sonar: Raytheon DE-1160 LF.
    • FLIR Tecnobit.
    • FABA Dorna for gun Mk-45.
    • TACAN AN/URN-25
  • ESM/ECM
    • Radar: Indra Aldebarán (Indra Rigel en F-105)
    • Comms: Indra Regulus
  • Countermeasures
    • 4 SRBOC Mk-36 Infrared flares and chaff launcher
    • SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures.
    • Prairie/Masker
  • Systems
    • Aegis Combat System Mk-7 Baseline 5 (Baseline 7 in F-105)
    • AN/SRQ-4 ship-to-helicopter datalink.
    • Sainsel DLT-309.
    • Link 11/16 (and Link 22 in F-105)
    • Integrated Communications Control System ICCS-5
    • Communications UHF SATCOM, SHF SATCOM, INMARSAT, UHF, HF, VHF, GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress & Safety System), Iridium.
  • Weapons

    • 1 Lockheed Martin Mk-41 VLS 48 cells (SAM Standard SM-2MR, ESSM RIM 162B)
    • 1 gun BAE Systems Mk-45 Mod. 2 5inch/54.
    • 2 Mk-32 Mod. 9 double torpedo launchers for Mk-46 Mod. 5 lightweight torpedoes.
    • 2 gun of 20 mm
    • 8 McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile.
    • Penguin missile for helicopters.
    • 2 BAE Mk-38 Mod. 2 (F-105)
  • Aircraft carried
    • Hangar Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Bloque I (or NH-90 in F-105).