Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate

	Álvaro de Bazán, lead ship of the class, in 2014.
Class overview
Name	Álvaro de Bazán class
Builders	NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol
Operators	Spanish Navy; Royal Australian Navy; \| Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by	Baleares-class frigate
Succeeded by	F110-class frigate
Subclasses	Hobart-class destroyer
Cost	F101-4: €453 million per unit ; F105: €834 million;
Planned	6
Canceled	1
Active	5
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile frigate
Displacement	5,800 long tons (5,900 t) (standard load); 6,391 long tons (6,494 t) (full load);
Length	146.7 m (481 ft 4 in)
Beam	18.6 m (61 ft 0 in)
Draft	4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	46,650 hp (34,790 kW) gas turbines; 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) diesel engines;
Propulsion	CODOG:; 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines ; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	201
Sensors &; processing systems	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3D multifunction radar; Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar; Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar; 2 × ARIES navigation/surface radar; 2 × Raytheon AN/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 in (127.0 mm)/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun; Provision for one CIWS FABA 20 mm/120 Meroka system.; 1 × Mark 41 (VLS) (48-cell); 2 × 20 mm autocannon (F101-104); 2 × 25 mm autocannon (F105); 4 × 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns in Sentinel RWS; 32 × Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA; 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (4 per cell); 8× RGM-84 Harpoon (To be replaced with Naval Strike Missile); 2 × twin 12.75 in (323.8 mm) Mark 32 Mod 9 torpedo tubes with 12 Honeywell Mark 46 Mod 5 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60 Seahawk

The Álvaro de Bazán class, also known as the F100 class, is a class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates in service with the Spanish Navy. The vessels were built by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in Ferrol, with the lead ship of the class named for Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.