| Career (Spain) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Reina Sofía |
| Namesake: | Queen Sofía of Spain |
| Builder: | Bazan |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1987 |
| Launched: | 19 July 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 30 October 1990 |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Rota |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Santa Maria-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,851 long tons (2,897 t) light 3,610 long tons (3,668 t) standard 4,177 long tons (4,244 t) full load |
| Length: | 138.8 m (455 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) coupled to a single shaft and controllable pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+ |
| Armament: | • OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun • Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launcher for Mark 46 torpedoes • Mk 13 Missile Launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM and SM-1MR Block VIB SAM • 20 mm Meroka CIWS 12 barrel AA system |
| Aircraft carried: | SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopter |
Reina Sofía (F-84) is the fourth of six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down on October 12, 1987, and launched on July 19, 1989, Reina Sofía was commissioned in service on October 30, 1990. She is named for Queen Sofía of Spain.
All of these Spanish frigates have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry frigates, and have a wider beam than the US Navy design, and therefore able to carry more top weight. Fin stabilizers are fitted.