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Almirante Juan de Borbón
Class overview
Name:	Álvaro de Bazán class
Builders:	NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol
Operators:	Spanish Navy
Preceded by:	Santa María class
Succeeded by:	F110 class
Subclasses:	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate Hobart-class destroyer
Cost:	F101/4 €453m[1] (~US$600m) each F105 €834m[1] (~US$1.1bn)
In commission:	5
Planned:	6
Completed:	5
Cancelled:	1
Active:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile frigate
Displacement:	5,800-6,391 tonnes[2]
Length:	146.7 m (481 ft)[3]
Beam:	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draft:	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
Propulsion:	CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 2 × Navantia Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
Speed:	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)[3]
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[3]
Complement:	250 (48 officers)[3]
Sensors and processing systems:	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3-D multifunction radar Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar 2 × ARIES navigation/surface radar 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator
Electronic warfare & decoys:	4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures Indra SLQ-380 EW suite Indra Mk 9500 interceptor
Armament:	1 × 127 mm 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun Provision for one CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka system. 1 × 48 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 32 × Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile 8 × McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 double Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
Aircraft carried:	1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk

The Álvaro de Bazán class (also known as the F100 class of frigates) are a new class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. They are being built in the Spanish factory of Navantia in Ferrol and are named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán. In February 2018, it was announced that a design based on the class was selected as one of five finalists for the U.S. Navy's FFG(X) program.

The ships are fitted with American Aegis weapons technology allowing them to track hundreds of airborne targets simultaneously as part of its air defence network. The F100 Álvaro de Bazán-class multi-role frigate is one of the few non-US warships to carry the Aegis Combat System and its associated AN/SPY-1 radar. Japan's Kongō class, South Korea's Sejong the Great class, the F100-derived Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class of frigates also use the Aegis system. Lockheed Martin, Navantia and the U.S. Navy are conducting final systems integration.

The F105 will be the basis of the Australian Hobart-class destroyer (previously known as the "Air Warfare Destroyer"). The Australian government announced in June 2007 that, in partnership with Navantia, three F100 vessels will be built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with the first due for delivery in 2014.

The Australian Government also confirmed in April 2016 that a modified F100 class was one of three vessels shortlisted to replace the Anzac-class frigates currently in service with the RAN.^[4] As of December 2017, it is one of three submitted proposals for Canada's Single Class Surface Combatant Project program.^[5]

The Álvaro de Bazán-class frigates are the first modern vessels of the Spanish Navy to incorporate ballistic resistant steel in the hull, along with the power plants being mounted on anti-vibration mounts to reduce noise and make them less detectable by submarines. The original contract for four ships was worth €1,683m but they ended up costing €1,810m.^[1] As of 2010^[update] it was estimated that the final vessel, F-105 would cost €834m^[1] (~US$1.1bn).

Ships in class

Méndez Núñez moored at South Quay in London in April 2015

Six ships were originally planned, including Roger de Lauria (F105) and Juan de Austria (F106). These were cancelled but a fifth ship was later added as the F105 Cristóbal Colón.

See also

• List of naval ship classes in service

Similar ships

• 
  De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
  


• FREMM multipurpose frigate


• Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate


• 
  Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate, Denmark


• 
  Sachsen-class frigate
  

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alvaro de Bazan Class.

• Armada Española


• 
  Spanish Navy page on Andrew Toppan's Haze Gray and Underway
  


• See Armada Española Photos


• Spanish Ship Joins TR Strike Group


• Spain: Frigate not involved in combat


• 
  Navy unveils $11b warship contract, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 20 June 2007.