ESPS Cristóbal Colón - F105

 

Name	Cristóbal Colón
Namesake	Christopher Columbus
Ordered	20 May 2005
Builder	NAVANTIA, Ferrol Shipyard
Cost	€ 823 million[2]
Laid down	29 June 2007
Launched	4 November 2010
Commissioned	23 October 2012[1]
Identification	pennant number: F105
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
Displacement	6,391 tons full load[1]
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 and 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