Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez
Méndez Núñez (F-104) at a naval review in 2017. | |
| History | |
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| Spain | |
| Name | Méndez Núñez |
| Namesake | Casto Méndez Núñez |
| Ordered | 31 January 1997 |
| Builder | Navantia |
| Cost | $600 million |
| Laid down | 16 May 2003 |
| Launched | 12 November 2004 |
| Commissioned | 21 March 2006 |
| Homeport | Naval Base of Ferrol |
| Identification | Pennant number: F-104 |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate |
| Displacement | 5,800-6,391 tonnes |
| Length | 146.7 m (481 ft) |
| Beam | 18.6 m (61 ft) |
| Draft | 4.75 m (15.6 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 250 (48 officers) |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk |
Méndez Núñez (F-104) is an Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate of the Spanish Navy. She is the fourth ship of her class, entering service in 2006. She is named after the 19th-century Spanish Rear admiral Casto Méndez Núñez. It was the first Spanish Navy vessel to visit the Philippines since the end of the Southeast Asian nation's Spanish colonial-period in 1898.