The Spanish Type 26, the Navantia F110 frigate, Spanish Ministry of Finance is currently reviewing the contract to order five F-110 frigates for the Spanish Navy, budgeted to cost 4,326 M euros, ~£770M per frigate, decision expected before year end, not sure if apples to apples comparison with the £3.7B contract for first three T26s , ~ £1,233M per frigate.
As yet have seen no final spec, provisional info, 6,100t ship, LOA 126 m, beam 15.2 m, draft 6.5 m, crew will be small ~ 120-130, hybrid electric propulsion CODELAG, COmbined Diesel-ELectric And Gas, one GT with four 3MW diesel gensets (same power DGs as in T26) in sound enclosures and two shaft mounted 3.4 MW electric motors (as far as know T26 EM rating not disclosed), max speed of 28 knots, cruise 17 knots.
Integrated mast with the new flat panel array radars, Indra/LM S-band GaN radar and an Indra/Polytechnic University of Madrid X-band radar (T26 has no high definition X-band radar), new Navantia SCOMBA CMS with the new LM IAFCL, International AEGIS Fire Control Loop to integrate CMS/radar with SM/ESSM missiles, HMS and ATAS - Mk45 5" main gun, 2x 30mm cannon, Mk41 VLS 16 cells, 2x 2 ASuW missile deck launchers, 2x ASW torpedo tubes for the MK 54 Mod 0 LWT's plus multi-mission modular bay for UAV, USV and flight deck with hangar for two medium helicopters and UAVs.
The Spanish Navy AAW missiles comprises Raytheon’s SM-2-IIIB and Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2, ESSM Block 2 was selected in preference to Sea Ceptor system in September.
If the program is approved by year-end, the preliminary design review will follow by the end of 2019, leading to construction launch of the lead ship, F-111, by mid-2020, with the other ships following at the rate of one per year, would expect all five to be operational at approx same time as the first T26 in 2027.
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