Spanish frigate Canarias
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 Canarias
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| History | |
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| Name | Canarias |
| Namesake | Canarias |
| Builder | Bazan |
| Laid down | 15 April 1992 |
| Launched | 21 June 1993 |
| Commissioned | 1995 |
| Homeport | Rota |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Santa Maria-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 138.8 m (455 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) coupled to a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+ |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
Canarias (F86), is the last of the six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry-class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Construction and career[]
Laid down on 15 April 1992, and launched on 21 June 1993, Canarias was commissioned in service in 1995.
The ship features a series of improvements to her previous sisters, with a new Meroka mod 2B CIWS, and upgraded fire control systems with Mk.92 mod6 CORT (Coherent Receiver Transmitter) and SPS-49(v)5 radar instead of previous (v)4.
All of these Spanish frigates have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry frigates, and have a wider beam than the US Navy design, and therefore able to carry more top weight. Fin stabilizers are fitted.
Gallery[]
Canarias in Split on 30 July 2006
Canarias in Split on 25 February 2007
Canarias in Split on 10 February 2015
Other units of class[]
- Santa María (F81)
- Victoria (F82)
- Numancia (F83)
- Reina Sofía (F84)
- Navarra (F85)
- Ships of the Spanish Navy
- 1993 ships
- Santa María-class frigates