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The '''Álvaro de Bazán'' class' (also known as the 'F100 class' of frigates) are a new class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defense frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. They are being built in the spanish factory of Ferrol and are named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.
The Norwegian ''Fridtjof Nansen'' class of frigates is a derivative design. The F100 has also been approved as the winning design for the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer project. The Australian government announced in June 2007 that, in partnership with Navantia, three F100 vessels will be built for the Royal Australian Navy with the first due for delivery in 2014.
Lockheed Martin, Navantia and the U.S. Navy are conducting final systems integration.

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Specifications

Units

Pictures

See also

External links

Specifications

★ Builder: NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol

★ Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines

★ Shafts: 2

★ Length: 147 m (482 ft)

★ Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft)

★ Draught: 4.75 (15 ft)

★ Displacement: 6,250 tons (full load)

★ Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)

★ Range: 5000 mi

★ Cost: 385 million €

★ Crew: 240 (35 officers)

★ Armament:

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★ 1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun

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★ Provision for one CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka system.

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★ 6 × Mk41 Strike 8-cell VLS

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★ SAM: 24 × Standard SM-2 Block IIIA

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★ SAM: 48 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile

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★ SSM: 12 x BGM-109 Tomahawk

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★ SSM: 8 × McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-shipping missile

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★ ASW: 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo

★ Helicopter:

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★ 1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk

★ Electronics

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★ Sonar: ENOSA-Raytheon DE 1160LF (I)

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★ Radar: Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3-D multifunction

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★ Surface Radar: Raytheon SPS-67(V)4

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★ Weapon Control: Aegis combat system, 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator, 1 × FABA DORNA fire control

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★ Navigation: Thales Scout

★ Countermeasures

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★ 4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers

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★ SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures

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★ ESM/ECM: Indra SLQ-380

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★ CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor

Units

★ ''Álvaro de Bazán'' (F101) (2002)

★ ''Almirante Juan de Borbón'' (F102) (2003)

★ ''Blas de Lezo'' (F103) (2004)

★ ''Méndez Núñez'' (F104) (2006)

★ ''Roger de Lauria'' (F105) (2012)

★ ''Juan de Austria'' (F106) (2013)

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See also

★ Ferrol, A Coruña, a city and naval station in north-western Spain.

External links

★ Armada Española

★ Spanish Navy page on Andrew Toppan's Haze Gray and Underway

★ See Armada Española Photos

★ Spanish Ship Joins TR Strike Group

★ Spain: Frigate not involved in combat

★ Navy unveils $11b warship contract, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 20 June, 2007.