F-105 Cristobal Colón

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: A. de Bazán, [FFG].

Builder: Navantia, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 04 November 2010.

Commission date: 23 October 2012.

Displacement ( tons ): 6.041.

Dimensions ( metres ): 146,4 x 18,5 x 5

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE LM-2500 gas turbines ( 46.648 hp ), 2 x Navantia/Caterpillar Bravo 16V diesel ( 12.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 18 knots.

Complement: 240 ( 35 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/54 Mk45 Mod. 2, 2 x 25mm Mk38 Mod.3, 4 x Browning QCB M2 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon. SAM: 32 x Standard SM-2 Block IV and 64 x RIM-7PTC Evolved Sea Sparrow, from 48 x Mk 41 VLS launchers.

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm. Mk32 Mod 9 tubes. Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

Radar: Air Search: Lockheed Martin SPY-1D(V) 3-D tracking, target designation and weapons control; Surface search: Raytheon SPS-67(V)4; Fire Control: AEGIS system, 2 x Raytheon SPG-62 target illuminators (Mk99 system); Fire Control: 1 x FABA DORNA ( RTN-30 radar for gun ) ; Navigation/Surface search: Indra Aries-NAS, Indra Aries-SAAS; 3 x FLIR.

Sonar: ENOSA-Raytheon DE 1160LF (I) hull-mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x FMC SRBOC Mk 36 decoy launchers; SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie acoustic torpedo decoy; ECM/ESM: Indra SLQ-380 Aldebarán intercept/jammer suite; CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 comms intercept. Laser detection and countermeasure syst.

Helicopter: 1 x SH60B Seahawk / NH-90.

Callsign: EBDE ()

Comment: Incorporates some updates over previous units of the same class, better sensors, propulsion, weapons, and communication equipment. Hangar redesigned to operate NH-90 helicopters.

Homeport: El Ferrol.

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