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Contando Estrelas from Vigo, España / Spain · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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Álvaro de Bazán-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source146.7 m (481 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Name | Álvaro de Bazán class[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | NAVANTIA - IZAR , Astillero Ferrol[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Spanish Navy Royal Australian Navy | Royal Norwegian Navy[source] | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Baleares -class frigate (Spain) Perth -class destroyer (Australia) Adelaide -class frigate (Australia) Oslo -class frigate (Norway)[source] |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Alvand class[source] |
| Succeeded by | F110-class frigate (Spain) Type 26 frigate (Norway)[source] | — |
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| Subclasses | Hobart -class destroyer (Australia) Fridtjof Nansen -class frigate (Norway)[source] | — |
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| Cost | F101-4: € 453 million per unit F105: € 834 million[source] | — |
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| Planned |
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| Cancelled | — |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Type | Guided-missile frigate[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Propulsion | CODOG : 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines 2 × Propellers[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1 D 3D multifunction radar Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar 2 × ARIES navigation/surface radar 2 × Raytheon AN/SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures Indra SLQ-380 EW suite Indra Mk 9500 interceptor[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 5 in (127.0 mm)/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun Provision for one CIWS FABA 20 mm/120 Meroka system. 1 × Mark 41 (VLS) (48-cell) 2 × 20 mm autocannon (F101-104) 2 × 25 mm autocannon (F105) 4 × 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns in Sentinel RWS 32 × Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (4 per cell) 8× RGM-84 Harpoon (To be replaced with Naval Strike Missile ) 2 × twin 12.75 in (323.8 mm) Mark 32 Mod 9 torpedo tubes with 12 Honeywell Mark 46 Mod 5 torpedoes[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Country of origin | Spain[source] | — |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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