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Guided-missile frigate
Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate is a guided-missile frigate. It was built by NAVANTIA - IZAR , Astillero Ferrol. Reported operators include Spanish Navy Royal Australian Navy | Royal Norwegian Navy.
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NAVANTIA - IZAR , Astillero Ferrol
Spanish Navy Royal Australian Navy | Royal Norwegian Navy
Baleares -class frigate (Spain) Perth -class destroyer (Australia) Adelaide -class frigate (Australia) Oslo -class frigate (Norway)
F110-class frigate (Spain) Type 26 frigate (Norway)
Hobart -class destroyer (Australia) Fridtjof Nansen -class frigate (Norway)
F101-4: € 453 million per unit F105: € 834 million
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Guided-missile frigate
5,800 long tons (5,900 t ) (standard load) 6,391 long tons (6,494 t) (full load)
146.7 m (481 ft 4 in)
18.6 m (61 ft 0 in)
4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
46,650 hp (34,790 kW) gas turbines 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) diesel engines
CODOG : 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines 2 × Propellers
28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
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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
4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures Indra SLQ-380 EW suite Indra Mk 9500 interceptor
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
1 × SH-60 Seahawk
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 146.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
SpainNavy exact named class holdings of Alvaro de Bazan. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / DDGHM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
Spanish Navy Royal Australian Navy | Royal Norwegian Navy
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