Almirante Padilla-class frigate

ARC Almirante Padilla
Class overview
Name	Almirante Padilla class
Builders	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW)
Operators	Colombian National Navy
Built	1981–1983
In commission	1983–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	2,100 t (2,100 long tons; 2,300 short tons) full load
Length	99.1 m (325 ft 2 in)
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft, 4 MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesel engines 23,400 hp (17,400 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	92
Sensors and processing systems	SMART-S ( Mk2 version) STING-EO Mk2 Terma Scanter 2001 X-band (after modernisation) Atlas Elektronik ASO 4-2 (Hull mounted)
Electronic warfare & decoys	VIGILE ESM 1 × Terma SKWS double mounting
Armament	8 SSM-700K Hae Sung I (Sea Star) anti-ship missiles 2 × Simbad surface-to-air missiles 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal Strales Compact gun 1 × twin Breda 40 mm/70 guns 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes DART 76 mm Oto Melara guided ammunition
Aircraft carried	1 × Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm MBB Bo 105 CBS-5, or 1 × Eurocopter AS-555-SN Fennec for over-the-horizon targeting

The Almirante Padilla-class frigates is a series of frigates operated by the Colombian Navy. The designation of this class is Type FS 1500 and there are four ships in service. The ships were built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) at Kiel, West Germany in the 1980s, with the first vessel commissioning in 1983 and the last in 1984. The frigates have undergone significant modification over their careers with the 2012 Orion Program Upgrade significantly modernising the vessels. Two similar ships operate as the Kasturi-class corvettes in the Royal Malaysian Navy.