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Spanish Navy / Armada Espanola - Guided Missile Frigate
F 85 SPS Navarra
 

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Type, class: Guided Missile Frigate; Santa Maria (F80) class
Builder: Bazan Shipbuilding, Ferrol, Spain
 
STATUS:
Laid down: April 15, 1991
Launched: October 23, 1992
Commissioned: May 27, 1994
IN SERVICE
 
Homeport: Rota, Cadiz, Spain
Namesake: Navarra
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Technical Data: see INFO > Santa Maria (F80) class Guided Missile Frigate
 
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On 9 December 2002, Navarra intercepted the unflagged freighter So San several hundred miles southeast of Yemen at the request of the United States government as part of Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa. The frigate fired across So San's bow after the freighter ignored hails and attempted to evade the frigate. The freighter's crew was North Korean; 23 containers containing 15 complete Scud ballistic missiles, 15 high-explosive warheads, and 23 nitric acid containers were found on board. Yemen claimed ownership of the shipment and protested the interception and U.S. officials released the vessel after receiving assurances that the missiles would not be transferred to a third party.

On 23 March 2010, she sank a Somali pirate mothership lifeboat and captured two skiffs, after private security forces successfully defended MV Almezaan from a pirate attack. The six suspected pirates were later released, when the master and crew of Almezaan refused to testify.

In November 2016, while patrolling off the Libyan coast as part of the EUNAVFOR's Operation Sophia, the frigate recovered 227 migrants from inflatable boats in the Mediterranean Sea.

source: wikipedia 
 
Navarra:
- is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain
- was an Aragon class cruiser of the Spanish Navy (1882)
- was a cruiser of the Spanish Navy (1923)
 
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