Bonifaz F110 class Guided Missile Frigate FFG Spanish Navy

Spain - Spanish Navy / Armada Espanola
Bonifaz (F110) class Guided Missile Frigate

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Ships (5 + 2? units planned):

F 111 SPS Bonifaz (2028?)
F 112 SPS Roger de Lauria (2029?)
F 113 SPS Menendez de Aviles (2030?)
F 114 SPS Luis de Cordova (2031?)
F 115 SPS Barcelo (2032?)

Specifications:

Displacement: Flight I: 6,100 tons / Flight II / IAMD: 6,700 tons
Length: Flight I: 145 meters (475 feet 9 inches) / Flight II / IAMD: 150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam: 18 meters (59 ft 1 in)
Draft: 5 meters (16 ft 5 in)
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: ?
Complement: Flight I: 150 / Flight II: 170

Propulsion:
Combined diesel-electric and gas (CODLAG)
1 x General Electric GE LM2500 gas turbine (22 MW / 30,000 hp)
4 x MTU 20V4000 encapsulated diesel generator (3 MWe)
2 x Ingeteam electric propulsion motors (3.4 MW / 4,600 hp)

2 shafts, 2 Kongsberg Maritime controllable pitch propellers
1 x Brunvoll retractable azimuth bow thruster

Armament:

Flight I:
1 x Mk.41 Vertical Launching System / VLS (16 cells, tactical length)

Flight II / IAMD:
1 x Mk.41 Vertical Launching System / VLS (16 cells, tactical length)
1 x Mk.41 Vertical Launching System / VLS (48 cells, strike length)
for
RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR (1 per cell)
and/or RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) (4 per cell)

Common:
1 x OtoBreda (Leonardo) 127/64LW VULCANO lightweight gun
2 x quadruple missile lauchers for up to 8 x Naval Strike Missiles / NSM
2 x EM&E Group Sentinel 30 Remote Weapon System (RWS)
2-4 x EM&E Group Sentinel 2.0 12.7mm Remote Weapon System (RWS)
2 x Mk.32 (12.75” / 324 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk.54 LWT torpedoes

Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

Systems:
Navantia SCOMBA or SCOMBA NG Combat Management System
AN/SPY-7 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar
International Aegis Fire Control Loop (IAFCL) incorporated
Indra Prisma-25X solid-state, Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) X-band multifunction surface radar
Indra/Technobit IRST i110 Infrared Search and Track
Thales CAPTAS-4 towed array sonar sytem (TASS)
Thales BlueMaster UMS 4110 hull mounted sonar
Thales BlueScan digital acoustic system
Mark 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures Chaff and Decoy Launching System)

The F110 class, also known as the Bonifaz class, are a multi-purpose, anti-submarine class of heavy frigates under construction for the Spanish Navy. The project is being co-developed by the Spanish Ministry of Defence and the state-owned company Navantia. The construction of the first unit started in April 2022 and it was launched on September, 11, 2025.

The F110 Flight II / IAMD (Integrated Air and Missile Defence) variant will be an advanced evolution of the Spanish Navy’s baseline Bonifaz class (F110) frigate. Co-developed by Navantia and the Spanish Navy under the Armada 2050 modernization strategy.

Features:
Massive Missile Capacity: The most definitive change is the expansion of the Vertical Launch System (VLS) from 16 to 16 + 48 strike-length cells. This allows the ship to carry long-range interceptors like the SM-3 or SM-6 alongside quad-packed RIM-162 ESSM's.

Enhanced Aegis & Radar Suite: The variant integrates a more populated, high-power version of the AN/SPY-7(V)2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to track fast-moving ballistic targets and low-flying cruise missiles.

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F 111 SPS Bonifaz - launched on September 11, 2025

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F 112 SPS Roger de Lauria - launched on October 27, 2026

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F 113 SPS Menendez de Aviles - keel laid on July 20, 2026

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