Spanish frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F101)

Álvaro de Bazán underway in 2005
History
Spain
Name: Álvaro de Bazán
Namesake: Álvaro de Bazán
Builder: NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol
Cost: 600 million €
Identification: pennant number: F101
General characteristics
Class & type: Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
Displacement: 5.800 tons full load
Length: 146.7 metres (481 ft)
Beam: 18.6 metres (61 ft)
Draft: 4.75 metres (15.6 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Complement: 250 (48 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • 4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers
  • SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures
  • Indra SLQ-380 EW suite
  • CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk

Álvaro de Bazán is the lead ship of the Álvaro de Bazán-class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. She is named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.

Operational history

In late 2005, Álvaro de Bazán was deployed as part of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf. This was the first deployment of a Spanish warship as part of an American naval battle group.

Álvaro de Bazán sailing from Portsmouth Naval Base in September 2009

In early March 2007, Álvaro de Bazán became the first Spanish warship to visit Australia in 150 years. The deployment included several port visits, and was performed to support Navantia's bid to design the Hobart-class destroyer for the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was also visiting Australia as part of the first circumnavigation of the globe by a Spanish warship in 142 years.[1]

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