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{{Short description|Class of Spanish Navy frigates}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin
| sclass = 2
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = Clase Bonifaz F110.png
| Ship caption = F110 class
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Bonifaz'' class (F110)
| Builders = [[Navantia]]
| Operators = {{navy|Spain}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|4}}
| Class after = 
| Cost = *[[Euro|€]] 4.3 billion (US${{Format price|{{To USD|4300000000|EUR}}}}) for five units<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-spain-defence-idUKKBN1OC230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214013923/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-spain-defence-idUKKBN1OC230|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2018|title=Spain's state-held Navantia to build five frigates for navy for 4.3...|date=13 December 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>
*[[Euro|€]] 860 million (US${{Format price|{{To USD|860000000|EUR}}}}) per unit
| Subclasses = 
| First commissioned date = 2026<ref name="marketresearchtelecast.com">{{Cite web|url=https://marketresearchtelecast.com/the-largest-shipbuilder-in-the-hispanic-world-presents-its-concept-of-the-frigate-of-the-future/197490/|title=The largest shipbuilder in the Hispanic world presents its concept of the frigate of the future |date=8 November 2021}}</ref>
| First in service date = 2025<ref name="marketresearchtelecast.com"/>
| Final decommission date = 
| In commission range = 
| Total ships building = 2
| Total ships planned = 5 ordered (+ 2 potentially)<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Armada ya plantea una flota de seis submarinos S80 en Cartagena |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/4898722/armada-plantea-flota-seis-submarinos-s80-cartagena |access-date=2 July 2024 |website=Infodefensa |language=es |date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
| Total ships completed = 
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 
| Total ships preserved = 
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Header caption = 
| Ship type = * [[Guided missile frigate]]
* [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW frigate]]
| Ship displacement = {{cvt|6100|t|LT|lk=on}}<ref name="F110"/>
| Ship length = {{convert|145|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="F110"/>
| Ship beam = {{convert|18|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="F110"/>
| Ship draught = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="F110"/>
| Ship propulsion = * '''[[CODLOG]]:''' 
**1 × [[General Electric LM2500|GE LM2500]] turbine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/lm2500-gas-turbine-to-power-spanish-navys-new-f-110-frigates/|title =  LM2500 Gas Turbine to Power Spanish Navy's New F-110 Frigates |work=Naval News |date=9 June 2022 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> 
**4 × {{ill|MTU 4000|de|MTU 4000}} diesel engines
*'''Propellers'''
**Kongsberg Maritime controllable pitch propellers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kongsberg.com/maritime/news-and-events/news-archive/2020/signs-200-mnok-contract/|title =  Kongsberg Maritime signs 200 MNOK contract to supply propeller systems for five Spanish Naval frigates |publisher=Kongsberg |date=18 November 2020 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
| Ship speed = > {{convert|25|kn}}
| Ship range = 
| Ship complement = 150
| Ship sensors = *'''Combat systems'''
** SCOMBA (Navantia Combat Management System)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2023/lockheed-martin-and-spanish-industry-partner-navantia-reach-critical-first-building-block-in-aegis-integration.html |title=Lockheed Martin and Spanish Industry Partner Navantia Reach Critical First Building Block in Aegis Integration |publisher=Lockheed Martin|date=18 May 2023 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
**[[Aegis Combat System|International Aegis Fire Control Loop (IAFCL)]] 
*'''Underwater combat suite:'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/group/press-release/thales-integrated-sonar-suite-selected-spanish-navys-new-multi-mission-frigates|title = Thales Integrated Sonar Suite Selected for Spanish Navy's new Multi-Mission Frigates |publisher=Thales |date = 12 December 2019 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
**Thales [[Sonar 2087|CAPTAS-4]]  [[towed array sonar]] 
**Thales BlueMaster UMS 4110 hull mounted sonar 
**BlueScan digital acoustic system
**TUUM-6 underwater communication system
*'''Radars'''
**[[AN/SPY-7|AN/SPY-7(V)2]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/06/lockheed-martin-spy-7-radar-hits-milestone-for-spains-f-110-frigate/|title =Lockheed Martin SPY-7 Radar Hits Milestone For Spain's F-110 Frigate |work=Naval News |last=Scott |first=Richard |date=17 June 2024 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
*'''Communication systems'''
**Rohde & Schwarz external communications systems
*'''Navigation systems'''
**GMV’ SENDA
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *'''Torpedoes:'''
**2 × [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mark 32 Mod 9]]
*'''Missiles:'''
** 16-cells <small>(2 × 8 [[Mark 41 Vertical Launching System|Mk 41 VLS]])</small> with [[RIM-162 ESSM|RIM-162 ESSM Block 2]] (quad-packs per cell)
**2 × 4-cell [[Naval Strike Missile|NSM]] launchers
*'''Guns:'''
** 1 × 127 mm [[Otobreda 127/64|OTO 127/64 LW Vulcano]] naval gun with {{ill|Vulcano (Munition)|lt=Vulcano guided ammunition|de|Vulcano (Munition)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/es/2019/12/13/noticia-fragatas-llevaran-canon-12764-vulcano-leonardo.html|title = Las nuevas fragatas españolas llevarán el cañón 127/64 Vulcano de Leonardo  |website=Infodefensa |language=es |last=Carrasco |first=Benjamin |date = 13 December 2019 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> 
**2 × 30 mm and .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
| Ship armour = 
| Ship aircraft = 1 × [[SH-60 Seahawk]] or [[NH-90]] helicopter
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}

The '''F110 class''', also known as the '''''Bonifaz'' class''', are a multi-purpose, [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] class of [[Aegis combat system]]-fitted heavy [[frigate]]s under construction for the [[Spanish Navy]]. The project is being co-developed by the Spanish [[Ministry of Defence (Spain)|Ministry of Defence]] and the state-owned company [[Navantia]]. The construction of the first unit ({{ill|Spanish frigate Bonifaz|es|Bonifaz (F-111|lt=''Bonifaz''}}) started in April 2022. Deliveries are scheduled to start in about 2025.<ref name="marketresearchtelecast.com">{{Cite web|url=https://marketresearchtelecast.com/the-largest-shipbuilder-in-the-hispanic-world-presents-its-concept-of-the-frigate-of-the-future/197490/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123204504/https://marketresearchtelecast.com/the-largest-shipbuilder-in-the-hispanic-world-presents-its-concept-of-the-frigate-of-the-future/197490/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2021|title=The largest shipbuilder in the Hispanic world presents its concept of the frigate of the future|date=8 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/january/6766-spain-to-start-the-building-of-its-new-f-110-frigates-this-year.html|title=Spain to start the building of its new F-110 frigates this year |website=Navyrecognition.com|date=22 January 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>

==Project history==
[[File:F110 Navantia pre deseño.svg|thumb|left|A simplified drawing of the pre-design made by [[Navantia]]]]
The origins of the F110 class project are in the planned replacement for the Spanish Navy's {{sclass|Santa María|frigate}}s, as contemplated in the ALTAMAR Plan, a Spanish naval white book to modernize the Spanish Navy, with five frigates originally to be built as an enlarged version of the {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|1}}s. This concept was later discarded in favor of a mostly clean sheet design.

On 23 December 2011, the Spanish [[Ministry of Defence (Spain)|Ministry of Defence]] awarded a [[Euro|€]]2 million contract to [[Indra Sistemas|Indra]] and [[Navantia]] for the design of an integrated sensor mast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodefensa.com/es/2011/12/23/noticia-defensa-adjudica-a-indra-y-navantia-el-desarrollo-de-un-nuevo-mastil-para-las-futuras-f-110.html |title=Defensa adjudica a Indra y Navantia el desarrollo de un nuevo mástil para las F-110 |language=es |website=Infodefensa |date=23 December 2011 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> In 2015, both companies agreed to develop and integrate the mast and future sensor suite in the ship's SCOMBA (Local Aegis version) combat system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodefensa.com/es/2015/12/04/noticia-indra-navantia-encargaran-integracion-sensores-mastil-scomba-millones.html |title=Indra y Navantia se encargarán de la integración de sensores en el mástil y el SCOMBA de las F-110 por 135 millones |work=Infodefensa |language=es |last=Fernández |first=Nuria |date=4 December 2015 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> Both companies created a [[consortium]] called ''Protec 110'' for this project, with finance from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, now the [[Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda]] and [[Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (Spain)|Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness]].

In June 2017, a Spanish fleet admiral said that his Navy hopes the project will be approved by the end of 2017 or by 2018 at the latest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ferrol/ferrol/2017/06/27/nuevo-almirante-jefe-arsenal-inicio-programa-f-110/00031498559983997264413.htm |title=El nuevo almirante jefe del Arsenal espera el inicio de las F-110 para el próximo año |language=es |work=La Voz de Galicia |last=Alonso |first=Álvaro |date=27 June 2017 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> In September 2018, the Spanish Ministry of Defence announced the selection of the [[Raytheon]] [[RIM-162 ESSM]] Block 2 as the ships' primary anti-air self-defence weapon.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ing |first1=David |title=Spain opts for ESSM Block 2 for future F-110 frigates |url=https://www.janes.com/article/83295/spain-opts-for-essm-block-2-for-future-f-110-frigates |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924175010/https://www.janes.com/article/83295/spain-opts-for-essm-block-2-for-future-f-110-frigates |archive-date=24 September 2018 |location=Madrid |date=24 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2019, the go-ahead order for the project was approved by the Spanish [[Council of Ministers (Spain)|Council of Ministers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/es/2019/03/29/noticia-gobierno-aprueba-orden-ejecucion-fragatas.html|title=El Gobierno aprueba la orden de ejecución de las fragatas F-110 |work=Infodefensa |date=29 March 2019 |language=es|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> In April 2022, an official act was carried out that began the construction of the first of the units.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Navantia inicia la construcción de la primera fragata F-110 para la Armada |last=Carrasco |first=Benjamin |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3533376/navantia-inicia-construccion-primera-fragata-f-110-armada |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Infodefensa |language=es}}</ref>

==Navy specifications==
According to statements by [[Frigate Captain]] Carlos Martínez-Merello, Head of the Resources and Media Definition Section of the [[Chief of Staff of the Navy (Spain)|General Staff of the Navy]] in 2010, during the Conference on Naval Programs in progress and future programs, that the new frigate must be adapted to the current scenarios in response to conventional and asymmetric threats, such as patrol of a coastline or operations against pirates, which do not require a large vessel.

According to the Spanish Navy, the new frigates must have an operational life of 40 years, have accommodation for extra personnel, and be capable of operating with [[unmanned vehicles]]—aerial, surface, and sub-surface. Regarding the desired characteristics, the Navy requests a sustained speed in excess of {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}}. The F110 will have a multi-purpose area for flexible mission profiles, 240 days of operation at sea, and 18 months of high availability.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodefensa.com/es/2010/03/25/noticia-la-armada-establece-como-determinante-la-capacidad-de-guerra-antiaerea-en-el-futuro-buque-de-superficie-f-110.html |title=La Armada establece como determinante la capacidad de guerra antiaérea en el futuro buque de superficie F-110 |website=Infodefensa |language=es |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ferrol/2010/10/28/navantia-trabaja-armada-nueva-generacion-fragatas/0003_8812047.htm |title=Navantia trabaja ya con la Armada en una nueva generación de fragatas |work=La Voz de Galicia |language=es |last=Couce |first=Beatriz |date=28 October 2010 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ferrol/2010/10/31/fragatas-f-110-seran-rapidas-portaran-vehiculos-tripulados/0003_8818530.htm |title=Las fragatas F-110 serán más rápidas y portarán vehículos no tripulados |work=La Voz de Galicia |last=Couce |first=Beatriz |language=es |date=31 October 2010 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>

==Navantia project==
[[File:Frag-t2.jpg|thumb|Recreation of the ship pointing out the weapons and sensors]]

Navantia is working on the project referred to by the company as F2M2 and has a working group with members of the Spanish Navy, to design the ship's capabilities.<ref>[http://www.areion24.news/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ERN2010-Daily_02-BD.pdf Euronaval news 2010 - F2M2 The concept ship of Navantia]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The first design of the five presented was of [[trimaran]] type. This was rejected due to the noise of its propulsion system,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodefensa.com/es/2012/03/01/noticia-la-armada-presenta-sus-conceptos-sobre-la-futura-fragata-f-110.html |title=La Armada presenta sus conceptos sobre la futura fragata F-110 |work=Infodefensa |language=es |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> a great disadvantage since it is looking to develop an [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] ship. The vessel will be {{convert|7|cm|spell=in}} shorter than the F100. It will have a narrower beam of {{convert|18|m|abbr=on|disp=comma}} against {{convert|18.6|m|abbr=on|disp=comma}} of the F100. It can perform humanitarian and combat operations. The [[superstructure]] of the vessel will be integrated.<ref name="scomba">{{Cite web |url=https://www.navantia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lineas_act/SCOMBA%20ok_EN.pdf |title=SCOMBA system |access-date=28 July 2017 |archive-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712233430/http://www.navantia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lineas_act/SCOMBA%20ok_EN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The material of the superstructure is not yet defined, although it is likely to be a composite material instead of aluminum. The ship's hull will be made of steel. 

It is not yet defined if it will carry an [[Aegis Combat System|Aegis system]] with an [[AN/SPY-1]] radar of version D(V), carried by the Spanish frigate {{ship|Spanish frigate|Cristóbal Colón||2}}, or F(V) model carried by the Norwegian frigates of the {{sclass|Fridtjof Nansen|frigate|4}} or of another type, although the company intends to install any type of product that future customers require. What is certain is that the [[SCOMBA]] system will be installed.<ref name="scomba"/> To make it more difficult to locate by radar or thermal imaging, the class will have some [[Stealth technology|stealth]] capacity, with masts or blocks of sensors not installed on the superstructure. It will have a single gas escape zone that will be installed in the upper deck, and the air intakes will be placed in line with the superstructure. The loading area is below the flight area, with the installation of a downhill ramp on the starboard side. There is a possibility of using an output device similar to that used by the Danish logistical support vessels of the {{sclass|Absalon|support ship|4}}.

==Units==
There are five units of the class planned.<ref name="F110">{{Cite web |url=http://www.defensa.gob.es/Galerias/dgamdocs/programa-F-110.pdf |trans-title=F110 frigates program |title=Programa Fragata F-110 |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (Spain)]] |language=es |date=November 2018 |access-date=28 July 2017 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070522/http://www.defensa.gob.es/Galerias/dgamdocs/programa-F-110.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Italics'' indicate estimated dates.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
![[Pennant number]]
!Name
!Laid down
!Launched
!Commissioned
!Fate
|-
|F111|| {{ill|Spanish frigate Bonifaz|es|Bonifaz (F-111)|lt=''Bonifaz''}}<ref name=denominación>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-propuesta-armada-para-nombrar-fragatas-f-110-bonifaz-roger-lauria-menendez-aviles-201912160242_noticia.html |title=La propuesta de la Armada para nombrar a las fragatas F-110: Bonifaz, Roger de Lauria, Menéndez de Avilés... |work=ABC España |language=es |last=Villarejo |first=Esteban |date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
 || 9 August 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/08/navantia-lays-keel-of-spains-first-f110-frigate/|title=Navantia Lays Keel Of Spain's First F110 Frigate |date=17 August 2023 |website=Naval News}}</ref> || ''2024'' || ''2025'' || Under construction; first steel cut April 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/ou-en-est-le-programme-des-futures-fregates-espagnoles-du-type-f110 |title=Où en est le programme des futures frégates espagnoles du type F110? |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |language=fr |date=23 September 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|F112|| {{ill|Spanish frigate Roger de Lauria|es|Roger de Lauria (F-112)|lt=''Roger de Lauria''}}<ref name=denominación/>
| 16 December 2023  || ''2025'' || ''2026'' || Under construction; first steel cut December 2023<ref>{{cite web|access-date=16 December 2023|language=es|title=Pedro Sánchez asiste este sábado en Ferrol al corte de chapa de la F-112 y al inicio de la fábrica de bloques|url=https://www.diariodeferrol.com/articulo/ferrol/pedro-sanchez-asiste-sabado-ferrol-corte-chapa-f-112-4651864|website=Diario de Ferrol |date=15 December 2023}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/4652602/navantia-inicia-construccion-segunda-fragata-f-110-armada |title=Navantia inicia la construcción de la segunda fragata F-110 para la Armada |work=Infodefensa |language=es |date=18 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|F113|| {{ill|Spanish frigate Menéndez de Avilés|es|Menéndez de Avilés (F-113)|lt=''Menéndez de Avilés}}<ref name=denominación/>
| ''2024'' || ''2026'' || ''2027'' || Planned
|-
|F114|| {{ill|Spanish frigate Luis de Córdova|es|Luis de Córdova (F-114)|lt=''Luis de Córdova''}}<ref name=denominación/>
| ''2025'' || ''2027'' || ''2028'' || Planned
|-
|F115|| {{ill|Spanish frigate Barceló|es|Barceló (F-115)|lt=''Barceló''}}<ref name=denominación/>
| ''2026'' || ''2028'' || ''2029'' || Planned
|}

==See also==
* [[Type 26 frigate]], an equivalent British design
* {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|0||2019}} stealth frigates of the [[Indian Navy]]
* {{sclass|De Zeven Provinciën|frigate|1}}, a Dutch class of comparable frigates
* {{sclass2|F125|frigate|1}}, a German class of frigates
* [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]], French/Italian collaboration
* {{sclass|Thaon di Revel|offshore patrol vessel|1}}, Italian class of comparable frigates
* {{sclass|Hunter|frigate|1}}, Australian class of frigates
* {{sclass|Iver Huitfeldt|frigate|1}}, of the Danish Navy has roughly the same tonnage
* [[List of frigates]]

==References==
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[[Category:Frigate classes]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Spanish Navy]]
[[Category:Proposed ships]]