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Spanish frigate Cristóbal Colón
Spanish Navy ship of the Álvaro de Bazán-class / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 America in the name of the Crown of Castile. It is the most modern ship of the Spanish Navy.
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Name | Cristóbal Colón |
Namesake | Christopher Columbus |
Ordered | 20 May 2005 |
Builder | NAVANTIA, Ferrol Shipyard |
Cost | € 823 million[1] |
Laid down | 29 June 2007 |
Launched | 4 November 2010 |
Commissioned | 23 October 2012[2] |
Identification | pennant number: F105 |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate |
Displacement | 6,391 tons full load[2] |
Length | 146.7 metres (481 ft) |
Beam | 18.6 metres (61 ft) |
Draft | 7.8 metres (26 ft) |
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Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
Complement | 216 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk or NH-90 |
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