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|Ship caption=''Álvaro de Bazán'' underway in December 2005
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|Ship country=Spain
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|Ship name=''Álvaro de Bazán'' 
|Ship namesake=[[Álvaro de Bazán]]
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|Ship builder=[[NAVANTIA]]-[[IZAR]], Astillero Ferrol
|Ship original cost=600 million €
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|Ship identification= [[pennant number]]: F101
|Ship badge = [[File:Emblema Álvaro de Bazán F-101.svg|150px]]
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|1}}
|Ship displacement=5.800&nbsp;tons full&nbsp;load
|Ship length={{convert|146.7|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship beam={{convert|18.6|m|abbr=on|1}}
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|Ship draft={{convert|8.0|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship propulsion=*[[CODAG]]
*2 × [[General Electric LM2500]] [[gas turbine]]s
*2 × [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] 3600 [[diesel engine]]s 
|Ship speed={{convert|28.5|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|4,500|nmi}}
|Ship complement=250 (48 officers)
|Ship sensors=*[[Lockheed Martin]] [[AN/SPY-1]]D 3-D multifunction [[radar]]
*Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar
*[[Raytheon]] DE1160 LF active and passive [[sonar]]
*[[Thales Group|Thales Scout]] navigation radar
*2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator
*[[Aegis combat system]]
|Ship EW=*4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 [[flare]] launchers
*SLQ-25A Enhanced [[SLQ-25 Nixie|Nixie]] torpedo countermeasures
*[[Indra Sistemas|Indra]] SLQ-380 EW suite
*CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
|Ship armament=*1 × [[5-54 Mark 45|5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun]]
*Provision for one [[CIWS]] FABA 20mm/120 Meroka system.
*1 48 cell Mk 41 [[vertical launch system]]s
*32 × [[RIM-66 Standard|Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA]]
*64 × [[RIM-162 ESSM|RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile]]
*8 × [[McDonnell Douglas]] [[Boeing Harpoon|RGM-84 Harpoon]] [[anti-ship missile|anti-shipping missile]]
*4 × 324 mm [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk32]] Mod 9 triple [[torpedo]] launchers with 12 [[Honeywell]] [[Mark 46 torpedo|Mk46 mod 5]] torpedo
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|Ship aircraft=1 × [[SH-60 Seahawk|Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk]]
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'''''Álvaro de Bazán''''' is the lead ship of the {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|4}} of [[air defence]] [[frigate]]s entering service with the [[Spanish Navy]]. She is named after Admiral [[Álvaro de Bazán]].

==Operational history==
[[File:US Navy 051203-N-4154B-008 The Spanish Navy frigate Alvaro de Bazan (F101) sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during Alvaro de Bazan's departure from Carrier Strike Group Two.jpg|thumb|left|''Álvaro de Bazán'' sails alongside the ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carrier {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} during ''Álvaro de Bazán''{{'}}s departure from Carrier Strike Group Two]]

In late 2005, ''Álvaro de Bazán'' was deployed as part of the {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} [[aircraft carrier battle group]] in the [[Persian Gulf]]. This was the first deployment of a Spanish warship as part of an American naval battle group.

In early March 2007, ''Álvaro de Bazán'' became the first Spanish warship to visit Australia in 150 years. The deployment included several port visits, and was performed to support [[Navantia]]'s bid to design the {{sclass|Hobart|destroyer|1}} for the [[Royal Australian Navy]]. The ship was also visiting Australia as part of the first circumnavigation of the globe by a Spanish warship in 142 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arrival of Spanish F100 destroyer option |publisher=[[Department of Defence (Australia)|Australian Department of Defence]] |url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2007/02107.doc |access-date=2007-04-17 }}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons cat|Alvaro de Bazan (F-101)|Álvaro de Bazán (F-101)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090824072845/http://www.buquesdeguerra.tk/ BUQUESDEGUERRA.TK], a Spanish website about warships (Spanish)
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