Call sign: EBNX
Class, [Type]: [CVV].
Builder: Bazán, El Ferrol, Spain.
Launch date: 22 May 1982.
Commission date: 30 May 1988.
Displacement ( tons ): 17.188 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 195,9 x 24,3 x 9,4
Main machinery: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 46.400 hp ).
Speed: 26 knots
Range: 6.500 miles at 20 knots.
Complement: 555 ( 90 officers ) plus 208 ( embarked aerial unit and other flag staff ).
Guns: 4 x FABA Meroka mod 2A3 CIWS 20mm/120, 2 x Rheinmetall 37mm ( saluting guns ).
Radar: Air search: Hughes SPS 52C, 3D, 439kms range, operates in bands E/F; Surface search: ISC Cardion SPS 55, I/J bands; Aircraft control: ITT SPN 35 A, J band; Fire control: 4 Sperry VPS 2 ( for the Merokas ), I band. RTN 11L/X, missile alert, I/J bands. RAN 12L, L band ( search and designation for the Merokas ).
Countermeasures: Decoys: 6 x FMC SRBOC Mk 36; SLQ 25 Nixie, hull and blades noise supressor US Prairie/Masker; ESM/ECM: Elettronica Nettunel (Alenia).
Helicopter: 6 to 10 SH-3 Sea King, 2 to 4 AB-212ASW/EW, up 2 SH-60B Sea Hawks.
Aviation: 6 to 12 AV-8B+.
Entering La Coruna. May 22nd, 2010