Details

Category: Ships

Published: 04 March 2014

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• Frigates

• Ships in class

  Name	Number	Launched	Commissioned	Homeport
  Santa María	F-81	24 November 1984	12 October 1986	Rota Naval Base
  Victoria	F-82	23 July 1986	11 November 1987	Rota Naval Base
  Numancia	F-83	30 January 1987	8 November 1988	Rota Naval Base
  Reina Sofía	F-84	19 July 1989	18 October 1990	Rota Naval Base
  Navarra	F-85	23 October 1992	30 May 1994	Rota Naval Base
  Canarias	F-86	21 June 1993	14 December 1994	Rota Naval Base

• Length
  • 138.1 m
• Beam
  • 14.3 m
• Draft
  • 7.6 m
• Displacement
  • 3,982 t (F-81 - F-84)
  • 4,017 t (F-85 - F-86)
• Propulsion
  • 2 gas turbines GE LM-2500 of 41,750 HP
  • 1 shaft and variable pitch propeller
  • 2 Auxiliary Propulsion Units retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking
• Speed
  • 29 knots
• Range
  • 4,500 NM at 20 knots
• Complement
  • 212
• Sensors
  • Air radar: AN/SPS-49(V4)(F-81 - F-84)
  • Air radar: AN/SPS-49(V5)(F-85 - F-86)
  • Surface search radar: AN/SPS-55
  • MK 92 Mod. 2 Fire Control System with CAS and STIR (F-81 - F-84)
  • MK 92 Mod. 6 Fire Control System with CAS and STIR ( F-85 - F-86)
  • Navigation radar: Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT.
  • Low horizon air search radar for Meroka: RAN-12L (F-81 - F-84)
  • Low horizon air search radar for Meroka: RAN-12L and RAN-30X (F-85 - F-86)
  • Radar illuminator for Meroka: VPS-2.
  • TACAN AN/URN-25.
  • Sonar: AN/SQS-56.
  • Towed Array AN/SQR-19 TACTAS.
• ESM/ECM
  • ESM radar: Indra Rigel (F-81 - F-84)
  • ESM radar: Indra Mk-3000 (F-85 - F-86)
  • ESM comms: Indra Elnath
• Countermeasures
  • 4 SRBOC Mk-36 Infrared flares and chaff launchers
  • SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
  • Prairie/Masker
• Systems
  • Combat data system is the naval tactical data system (NTDS)
  • Link-11
  • AN/SRQ-4 ship-to-helicopter datalink
  • Communications UHF SATCOM, SHF SATCOM, INMARSAT, UHF, HF, VHF, GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress & Safety System), Iridium.
• Weapons
  • 1 Mk-13 Missile Launcher with a 40 missile magazine that contains Stardard SM-1 y Boing AGM-84 Harpoon
  • 1 gun OTO Melara of 76 mm/62
  • 1 Meroka CIWS system of 20 mm/120.
  • 2 triple Mk-32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes with Mk-46 Mod. 5 torpedoes.
  • 2 RWS Escribano Sentinel 2.0 of 12.7 mm
• Replenishment
  • 2 hangar for SH-60B LAMPS III