Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
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The Álvaro de Bazán class, also known as the F100 class, is a class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates in service with the Spanish Navy. The vessels were built by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in Ferrol, with the lead ship of the class named for Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.
Álvaro de Bazán, lead ship of the class, in 2014. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Álvaro de Bazán class |
Builders | NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Santa María class |
Succeeded by | F110 class |
Subclasses | Hobart class |
Cost | |
Planned | 6 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Active | 5 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Guided-missile frigate |
Displacement | |
Length | 146.7 m (481 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 201 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk |
The ships are fitted with the United States Aegis weapons system allowing them to track hundreds of airborne targets simultaneously as part of its air defence network. The Álvaro de Bazán-class multi-role frigates are one of the few non-US warships to carry the Aegis system and its associated SPY-1D radar. The American Arleigh Burke class, Japanese Kongo class, Korean Sejong the Great class, Australian Hobart class, and the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class also use the Aegis system.
The Álvaro de Bazán-class frigates are the first modern vessels of the Spanish Navy to incorporate ballistic resistant steel in the hull, along with the power plants being mounted on anti-vibration mounts to reduce noise and make them less detectable by submarines. The original contract for four ships was worth €1.683 billion but they ended up costing €1.81 billion.[1] As of 2010[update] it was estimated that the final vessel, F-105 would cost €834m[1] (~US$1.1bn).