Bonifaz-class Frigate
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The F110 Bonifaz-class are a new class of six frigates of the Spanish Navy that will replace the aging Santa Maria-class frigates. The project is being developed by the Ministry of Defence and the public company Navantia. The order of execution of the project will be given by the Council of Ministers in late 2017 or early 2018.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Guided Missile Frigate
- Service Period: 2023-
- Characteristics:
- Length: 476 feet (145.08 meters)
- Beam: 59 feet (17.98 meters)
- Draft: 16 feet (4.88 meters)
- Displacement: 6,100 tonnes
- Crew: 150
- Installed Power: 4 x 3 MW diesel generators
- Propulsion:
- 2 x General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbines
- 4 x MTU-4000 diesel engines
- Range: 4,100 nautical miles (7,593.2 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 35 knots (64.82 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- AN/SPY-7(V)2 Multifunction AESA Radar
- Indra PRISMA 25X X-band Radar
- Thales BlueMaster UMS 4110 Bow mounted Sonar
- Captas-4 Variable Depth Sonar
- Countermeasures:
- Rigel i110 Electronic Warfare Suite
- Regulus i110 Communications ESM System
- Armament:
- 1 x Leonardo 127mm/64-caliber lightweight naval gun
- 1 x 16-cell Mk.41 VLS (fires SM-2 and RIM-162 ESSM Blk.II SAMs)
- 8 x Kongsberg Naval Strike Missiles
- 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.46 lightweight torpedoes)
- 1 x 35mm Millennium CIWS
- 2 x 30mm automatic cannons
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk or NHIndustries NH90 maritime helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: Helicopter Pad and Hangar for two medium helicopters
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
- SPS Bonifaz (F111) - planned for construction
- SPS Juan Martínez de Recalde (F112) - planned for construction
- SPS Menéndez de Avilés (F113) - planned for construction
- SPS Luis de Córdova (F114) - planned for construction
- SPS Barceló (F115) - planned for construction
- SPS Juan de Lángara (F116) - planned for construction