Spanish frigate Cristóbal Colón

	Cristóbal Colón (F-105) in 2013
History
Spain
Name	Cristóbal Colón
Namesake	Christopher Columbus
Ordered	20 May 2005
Builder	NAVANTIA, Ferrol Shipyard
Cost	€ 823 million
Laid down	29 June 2007
Launched	4 November 2010
Commissioned	23 October 2012
Identification	pennant number: F105
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
Displacement	6,391 tons full load
Length	146.7 metres (481 ft)
Beam	18.6 metres (61 ft)
Draft	7.8 metres (26 ft)
Propulsion	CODOG; 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines; 1 x Bow thruster of 850 kW (retractable);
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Complement	216
Sensors &; 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; Thales Scout navigation radar; 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator; Aegis combat system;
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	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-shipping missile; 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo; 2 x Mk 38;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60 Seahawk or NH-90

Cristóbal Colón is the fifth and last ship of the Álvaro de Bazán-class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. The ship is named after Christopher Columbus, the Genoese explorer that claimed the discovery of North America in the name of the Crown of Castile. It is the most capable and modern warship of the Spanish Navy.