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Spanish Navy / Armada Espanola - Guided
Missile Frigate F 84 SPS Reina Sofia |
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Type,
class: Guided Missile Frigate; Santa Maria
(F80) class Builder: Bazan Shipbuilding, Ferrol, Spain STATUS: Laid down: October 12, 1987 Launched: July 19. 1989 Commissioned: October 30, 1990 IN SERVICE Homeport: Rota, Cadiz, Spain Namesake: Reina Sofia (Queen Sofia of Spain) Ships Motto: Technical Data: see INFO > Santa Maria (F80) class Guided Missile Frigate |
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    FABA Meroka 20mm close-in weapon system (CIWS) on the hangar |
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Queen Sofia of Spain): (reign 1975-2014) Sofía of Greece and Denmark (born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who served as Queen of Spain during the reign of her husband, King Juan Carlos I, from 1975 to 2014. Queen Sofía is the first child of King Paul of Greece and Frederica of Hanover. As her family was forced into exile during the Second World War, she spent part of her childhood in South Africa, returning to Greece in 1946. She completed her secondary education in a boarding school in Germany before returning to Greece where she specialised in childcare, music and archaeology. She married Juan Carlos, son of the Spanish pretender Infante Juan, on 14 May 1962 with whom she has had three children: Elena, Cristina, and Felipe. She became queen upon her husband's accession in 1975. On 19 June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of their son Felipe VI. |
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