Spanish frigate Almirante Juan de Borbón

History
Spain
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
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
Displacement: 5,800 tonnes (5,700 long tons; 6,400 short tons)
Length: 146.7 m (481 ft)
Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft)
Draft: 4.75 m (15.6 ft)
Speed: 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km)

Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) is the second ship of the new F-100 class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy in 2003. It is named after Infante Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona, father of the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I.

History

Side view of the frigate.

Specifications

Notes

  1. "Spanish warship visits NS Norfolk". Military. WAVY-TV. January 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17.

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