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| Name | SPS Victoria (F82) |
| Builder | Bazan |
| Laid down | 16 August 1983 |
| Launched | 23 July 1986 |
| Commissioned | 11 November 1987 |
| Homeport | Rota, Cádiz |
| Fate | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
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| Class and type | Santa Maria-class frigate |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 2,851 long tons (2,897 t) light 3,610 long tons (3,668 t) standard 4,177 long tons (4,244 t) full load |
| Length | 138.8 m (455 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) coupled to a single shaft and controllable pitch propeller |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+ |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun • Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launcher for Mark 46 torpedoes • Mk 13 Missile Launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM and SM-1MR Block VIB SAM • 20 mm Meroka CIWS 12 barrel AA system |
| Aircraft carried | SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopter |
SPS Victoria (F82) is the second of the six Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigates, based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry class design, of the Spanish Navy.
Laid down on August 16, 1983, and launched on July 23, 1986, Victoria was commissioned in service on November 11, 1987.
All of these Spanish frigates have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry frigates, and have a wider beam than the US Navy design, and therefore able to carry more top weight. Fin stabilizers are fitted.
On 29 March 2009, as she was taking part in Operation Atalanta, German Navy Tanker Spessart (A1442) was attacked by a 7-man pirate boat [1] [2]. In addition to the regular 40-man civilian crew, Spessart carried a 12-man security detail which exchanged small arm fire with the pirates, and repelled the assault [3]. The SH-60 helicopter aboard Victoria intercepted the fleeing pirate skiff, opened fire and kept guard over the surrendering pirates until relieved by naval units. The frigates HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, HS Psara and the USS Boxer were involved in this chase.
