More than 200 people are participating in the sea
trials, including Navantia staff, Spanish Navy, subcontractors and other
technicians. The Australian personnel actually located in our Fene-Ferrol
Yard is also participating in the sea trails, as part of the Air Warfare
Destroyer’s training program that Navantia is providing to the
AWD Alliance in charge of building these ships in Australia.
Navantia has a contract for the design, transfer of technology and technical
assistance for the construction of three AWD destroyers in Australia.
Apart from that, Navantia is building several complex blocks for these
ships, that will be shipped to Australia for its final assembling.
According to schedule, the destroyer “Cristobal Colon” will
carry-out next June its official sea trials before commissioning by
the Spanish Navy in July.
F-105 “CRISTÓBAL COLÓN”
Main features:
- Waterline Length ............................ 133.20 m
- Full Load Displacement ...................... 6,041 t
- Full Load Draught ............................... 5.00 m
- Maximum speed ........................... 28.5 knots
- Cruising speed ................................ 18 knots
- Endurance at Cruising Speed ....... 4,500 miles
- Crew .......................................... 234 persons
Significant shipbuilding data:
- Number of compartments: 573
- Tons of Hull Steel: 2.450 t.
- Metres of cable: 315.000 m.
- Metres of piping : 37.000 m.
F-105 "Cristóbal
Colón" frigate, Álvaro de Bazán class