Template:Class box Álvaro de Bazán class frigate
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[edit] Álvaro de Bazán (F100) class frigate
- Builders:
Spain (IZAR, Astillero Ferrol) - Type: Air defense guided missile frigate
- Displacement: 6,250 tons
- Aviation: 2 Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk helicopters
- Armament: 1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun, 2 × CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka gun, 6 × Mk41 8-cell VLS (32 × Standard SM-2 Block IIIA, 64 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile), 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon, 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
- Speed: 29+ knots
- Ships in class: 4, 1 under construction
- Operator:
Spanish Navy - Commissioned: 19 September 2002
- Fate: In active service
