Spanish frigate Almirante Juan de Borbón
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A side view of Almirante Juan de Borbón in 2017
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Name | Almirante Juan de Borbón |
Namesake | Infante Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona |
Builder | Izar |
Cost | 600 million € |
Laid down | October 2001 |
Launched | 28 February 2002 |
Commissioned | 3 December 2003 |
Homeport | Ferrol |
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Status | Ship in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate |
Displacement | 5,800 t (5,700 long tons) |
Length | 146.7 m (481 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) is the second ship of the new
Juan Carlos I
.
History
- September 8, 2006 - Departs from Rota to escort the Spanish troops en route to Lebanon
- November 12, 2006 - Arrives at Rota, returning from Lebanon without incident
- February 2007 - Participates in GALIBER 07 Exercises
- March 2007 - Returns to port
- May 2007 - Sails for trials at Cartagena
- June 2007 - Sails to Norway (Stavanger) and Greece (Chania and Heraklion) returning to base by the end of the month
- January 2008 - Sails to Cádiz and is forced back by malfunction, expending some time in repairs.
- April 2008 - Sails to Brest (France) to perform combat qualification with the French Navy
- June 2008 - Sails to Estonia and returns in December of the same year
- January 2010 - Sails to Portugal and Cádiz
- May–June 2010 - Sails to perform combat qualifications
- January 12, 2011 - Arrives at Carrier Strike Group Two during its Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) underway period.[1]
Specifications
- Builder: Izar, Astillero Ferrol
- Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
- Shafts: 2 (controllable pitch propellers)
- Length: 146.7 m (482 ft)
- Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft)
- Draught: 4.75 (15 ft)
- Displacement: 5,800 tons (full load)
- Speed: 28.5 knots (52+ km/h)
- Range: 4500 NM
- Cost: 600 million €
- Crew: 250 (48 officers)
- Armament:
- 1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun
- 2 × CIWSFABA 20mm/120 Meroka gun
- 6 × Mk41 8-cell VLS
- SAM: 32 × Standard SM-2 Block IIIA
- SAM: 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
- RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile
- ASW: 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
- 1 ×
- Helicopter:
- 1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk
- 1 ×
- Electronics
- Sonar: ENOSA-Raytheon DE 1160LF (I)
- Radar: Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3-D multifunction
- Surface Radar: Raytheon SPS-67(V)4
- Weapon Control: Aegis combat system, 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator, 1 × FABA DORNA fire control
- Navigation: Thales Scout
- Countermeasures
- 4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flarelaunchers
- SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixietorpedo countermeasures
- ESM/ECM: IndraSLQ-380
- CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
- 4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36
Notes
- ^ "Spanish warship visits NS Norfolk". Military. WAVY-TV. January 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
External links
Media related to Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) at Wikimedia Commons