Spanish frigate Numancia
Numancia (F83) is the third of the six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry class design, of the Spanish Navy.
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| Name: | Numancia |
| Builder: | Bazan |
| Laid down: | 8 January 1986 |
| Launched: | 29 January 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 17 November 1989 |
| Homeport: | Rota, Cádiz |
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| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Santa Maria-class frigate |
| Displacement: |
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| 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)+ |
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| Aircraft carried: | SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopter |
Laid down on 8 January 1986, and launched on 29 January 1987, Numancia was commissioned in service on 17 November 1989.
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 are therefore able to carry more top weight. Fin stabilizers are fitted.
On 27 April 2009 Numancia seized the 9 somali pirates that tried to board MSC Melody.[1]
Other units of class
References
- "La fragata española 'Numancia' apresa a 9 piratas somalíes acusados de atacar un crucero italiano" (in Spanish). rtve.es. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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