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The Spanish Navy or officially, the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, the most famous being the discovery of America and the first global circumnavigation.
This is a list of active Spanish Navy ships, complete and correct as of December 2016, partially updated to January 2024. [1] [2] There are approximately 139 vessels in the Navy, including minor auxiliary vessels.
Ships of the line of the Spanish Navy (45 P) Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Spanish Navy (6 C, 5 P) Submarines of the Spanish Navy (3 C, 9 P)
Most of the few retired Spanish Navy ships preserved as museum ships are submarines: Submarine Peral of 1888 is preserved in Cartagena . Two units of the Foca class: SA-41 in Mahón (Balearic Islands) and SA-42 in Cartagena (Murcia). Two units of the Tiburón class: the SA-51 in Barcelona and the SA-52 in Cartagena (Murcia).
Until 1716 there was not one single Spanish Navy but several naval forces, of which the Armada del Mar Océano was the primary one but several other distinct forces existed. The Real Armada ("Royal Navy") was created by the newly-established Bourbon government in 1716, but the other armadas (in Spanish, the word "armada" is used for both "navy ...
In December 2023, the Spanish Ministry of Defence ordered 16 maritime surveillance variants of the C-295 aircraft for the Spanish Air Force and Navy to replace the formerly flown P-3 Orion aircraft. Six of the aircraft are to be equipped for anti-submarine and anti-surface vessel warfare while the remaining ten aircraft are to operate in a ...
The Álvaro de Bazán class, also known as the F100 class, is a class of Aegis combat system-equipped air defence frigates in service with the Spanish Navy.The vessels were built by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in Ferrol, with the lead ship of the class named for Admiral Álvaro de Bazán.
Following the destruction of much of the Spanish fleet in the Spanish–American War in 1898, Spain slowly began to rebuild its navy. In the early 20th century, the Spanish Navy built three battleships and planned several more; the three ships that were completed were the vessels of the España class.