Spain's Álvaro de Bazán-class Aegis frigate

Name:Álvaro de Bazán classBuilders:NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero FerrolOperators:Spanish NavyPreceded by:Santa María classSubclasses:

• Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate
  
• Hobart-class destroyer
  

Cost:
F101/4 €453m^[1] (~US$600m) each
F105 €834m^[1] (~US$1.1bn)In commission:5Active:5General characteristicsType:Guided missile frigateDisplacement: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 × 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 × 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