Spanish frigate Numancia
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Numancia (F83) is the third of the six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates of the Spanish Navy, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry class design. The frigate was constructed in Spain by Bazan and laid down on 8 January 1986; launched on 29 January 1987; and entered service with the Spanish Navy on 17 November 1989. Based at Rota, Numancia has been deployed to the Indian Ocean to fight piracy in Somalia as part of Operation Atalanta and to the Mediterranean Sea to intercept illegal trafficking of migrants as part of Operation Sophia.
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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 | 3,160 t (3,110 long tons) standard |
Length | 138.8 m (455 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in) max |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement | 223 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Nettunel (F-85 & F-86: Mk-3000) intercept, SLQ-25 Nixie, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters |
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