NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Canaria (F86)

Sixth and final of six Spanish-built frigates based on the USN Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) design. Laid down on April 15, 1992 and Launched on June 21, 1993, Canaria was commissioned in service in 1995. All of these Spanish FFG's have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFG's, but have a greater beam as well. The USS McInerney (FFG 8), an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate. ...

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Displacement: 2851 ton lightship, 3610 ton standard
Length: 138.8 metres
Beam: 14.3 metres
Draught: 8.6 metres
Armament:

Mk 13 Missile Launcher for the RGM-84 Harpoon SSM and the SM-1MR Standard SAM
Mk 75 Oto Melara 76mm Compact Gun
20mm Meroka 12 barrel AA system
Mk 32 SVTT for Mk 46 Lightweight Torpedoes
SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III Helicopter

Propulsion: Two LM2500 Gas Turbines coupled to a single shaft and controllable pitch propellor
Speed: 30+

Categories: Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates | Spanish Navy The AGM-84 Harpoon is a US all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. ... The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. ... A French Lynx helicopter carrying a mk46 torpedo Designed to attack high-performance submarines, the Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the U.S. Navys lightweight ASW torpedo inventory, and is the current NATO standard. ... SH-60 Seahawk of the United States Navy, carrying a fuel tank. ... The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine turboshaft gas turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines CF6-50 aircraft engine. ...

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