List Of Active Spanish Navy Ships
This is a list of active Spanish Armada ships, complete and correct as of July 2012.
Overall, there are 93 commissioned ships in the Navy, including 2 aircraft carriers, 11 frigates, 2 amphibious transport docks and 3 submarines.
The total displacement of the navy is approx. 250,000 tons.
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