The Santa Maria class of frigates are the
Spanish Navy's designation for six
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates
purchased from the United States:
Santa Maria (F81), Victoria (F82),
Numancia (F83), Reina Sofia (F84),
Navarra (F85), and Canarias (F86).
All are homeported in Rota, Spain.
General Characteristics
- Displacement: 3,982 tons full (F85, F86: 4107)
- Length: 138.1 meters (453 feet)
- Beam: 14.3 meters (47 feet)
- Draft: 7.8 meters (25.5 feet)
- Propulsion: 2 LM2500 gas turbines, 1 shaft, 40,000 shp,
- Speed: 29 knots
- Complement: 225
- Aircraft: aft helicopter deck with RAST and dual hangars; 2 SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
- Armament: one Mk 13 missile launcher (40 SM-1MR/Harpoon SSM), one 76mm OTO DP, one 20mm Meroka CIWS, two triple 12.75-inch torpedo tubes
