Spanish frigate Canarias

	Canarias (F86)
History
Spain
Name:	Canarias
Builder:	Bazan
Laid down:	15 April 1992
Launched:	21 June 1993
Commissioned:	1995
Homeport:	Rota, Cádiz
Identification:	MMSI number: 225301000; Callsign: EBFQ; Pennant number: F86;
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Santa Maria-class frigate
Displacement:	2,851 long tons (2,897 t) light; 3,610 long tons (3,668 t) standard; 4,177 long tons (4,244 t) full load;
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:	OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launcher for Mark 46 torpedoes; Mk 13 Missile Launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM and SM-1MR Block VIB SAM; 20 mm Meroka CIWS 12 barrel AA system;
Aircraft carried:	SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopter

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.

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.

Other units of class

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