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Álvaro de Bazán-class and La Fayette-class

Name:	Álvaro de Bazán-class	La Fayette-class
Type:	Guided missile frigate	Multi-role frigate
Origin:	Spain	France
Produced:	2002	1996
Unit cost:	1.1 Billion $	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Displacement:	5,800-6,391 t	3,200 t
Range:	8,300 km; 5,200 mi; 4,500 nmi	17,000 km; 10,000 mi; 9,000 nmi
Speed:	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)

Crew:	250	141

Displacement

Range

Speed

Crew

Dimensions

Length:	146.7 m	125 m
Beam:	18.6 m	15.4 m
Draft:	4.75 m	4.1 m

Images

Álvaro de Bazán-class

Author: "F-102 Almirante Juan de Borbon CSSQT" by USN - ID:DNSD0607644 / 040810-N-0000X-002. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-102_Almirante_Juan_de_Borbon_CSSQT.jpg#/media/File:F-102_Almirante_Juan_de_Borbon_CSSQT.jpg License

La Fayette-class

Author: "FS Surcouf" by Franck Dubey - netmarine.net. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FS_Surcouf.jpg#/media/File:FS_Surcouf.jpg License