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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=Spanish frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F101) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 15 July 2005 (050715-N-8163B-020).jpg | Ship caption=Álvaro de Bazán underway in 2005
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Spain | Spain|naval}} | Ship name=Álvaro de Bazán | Ship namesake=Álvaro de Bazán | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=NAVANTIA-IZAR, Astillero Ferrol | Ship original cost=600 million € | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship identification= pennant number: F101 | Ship badge = | Ship honours= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|1}} | Ship displacement=5.800 tons full load | 146.7|m|abbr=on|1}} | 18.6|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship draught= | 8.0|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship propulsion=*CODAG- 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
- 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
| 28.5|kn}} | 4,500|nmi}} | Ship complement=250 (48 officers) | Ship sensors=*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
| Ship EW=*4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers- SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures
- Indra SLQ-380 EW suite
- CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
| Ship 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
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft=1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk | Ship notes=
}} | Álvaro de Bazán is the lead ship of the {{sclass-|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|4}} of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy. She is named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán. Operational historyIn late 2005, Álvaro de Bazán was deployed as part of the {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} aircraft carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf. This was the first deployment of a Spanish warship as part of an American naval battle group. In early March 2007, Álvaro de Bazán became the first Spanish warship to visit Australia in 150 years. The deployment included several port visits, and was performed to support Navantia's bid to design the {{sclass-|Hobart|destroyer|1}} for the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was also visiting Australia as part of the first circumnavigation of the globe by a Spanish warship in 142 years.[1] {{-}}References1. ^{{cite web |title=Arrival of Spanish F100 destroyer option |publisher=Australian Department of Defence |url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2007/02107.doc |accessdate=2007-04-17 }}
External links{{commonscat|Alvaro de Bazan (F-101)|Álvaro de Bazán (F-101)}}- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090824072845/http://www.buquesdeguerra.tk/ BUQUESDEGUERRA.TK], a Spanish website about warships (Spanish)
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