Santa María-class frigate
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The Santa María class of guided missile frigates is the Spanish Navy's designation for six warships based on the United States Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates. Spanish ships have a slightly bigger
Santa María, lead ship of the class, in 2017.
Canarias firing a Standard missile on 30 July 2006
Mark 13 missile launcher
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The Mark 13 guided missile launching system is a single-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels. Because of its distinctive single-armed design, the Mark 13 is oft
Santa María-class frigate
…rotatable auxiliary propulsion motors. The vessels have fin stabilisers fitted. Frigates of the Santa María class are armed with a single-armed Mk 13 missile launcher serviced by a 40-round magazine that can handle 32 SM-1MR anti-air/ship missiles and 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The Harpoon missiles have a range…
A RIM-66 Standard missile mounted on the Mark 13 missile launcher aboard the French Navy frigate Cassard
A Harpoon Missile on the rail of a Mark 13 aboard USS Goldsborough
Training round (GMTR) loaded for testing aboard HMAS Adelaide