Spanish frigate Canarias
 Canarias (F86) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Spain | |
| Name: | Canarias |
| Builder: | Bazan |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1992 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 1995 |
| Homeport: | Rota, Cádiz |
| Identification: | F86 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Santa Maria-class frigate |
| Displacement: |
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| 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: |
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| Aircraft carried: | SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopter |
SPS Canarias (F86), is the last of the six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry-class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down on 15 April 1992, and launched on 21 June 1993, Canarias was commissioned in service in 1995.
The ship features a series of improvements to her previous sisters, with a new Meroka mod 2B CIWS, and upgraded fire control systems with Mk.92 mod6 CORT (Coherent Receiver Transmitter) and SPS-49(v)5 radar instead of previous (v)4.
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.
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