Country: Spain
Class, [Type]: Santa María, [FFG].
Builder: Bazán, El Ferrol, Spain.
Launch date: 21 June 1993.
Commission date: 14 December 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.610 standard, 4.017 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 137,7 x 14,3 x 7,5
Main machinery: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 41.000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 29.
Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 20 knots.
Complement: 223 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 1 x FABA Meroka Mod 2A3 CIWS 20mm/120, 2 x Browning 12,7mm.
Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon; SAM: 32 x GDC Pomona Standard SM-1MR. 1 x Mk 13 mod 4 launcher for SSM and SAM.
Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Mk 32 ( 2 triple tubes ). 24 x Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

Radar: Air: Raytheon SPS 49(V)2, operating in bands C/D and a range of 457km ( 250 mn ); Surface: Raytheon SPS 55, I band; RAN 12L/X ( RAN-12L and RAN-30X, designator for Meroka ); Fire Control: Mk92 Mod6 CORT with SYS-24, 1 x FABA ( Meroka ); TACAN: URN-25.
Sonar: Raytheon SQS 56. Gould SQR 19(V)2 TACTAS.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x FMC SRBOC Mk 36. Infrared flares and chaff launchers. SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy ; ESM/ECM/ELINT: Mk3000 Alenia Elettronica Nettunel; ESM/ECM communications: Indra ELNATH; Prairie Masker hull and blade noise suppresion system.
Helicopter: 2 x SH-60B LAMPS III.

Callsign: EBFO (     )
Homeport: Rota.
Unit: 41st Squadron.

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