Frigate F-103 "Blas de Lezo"

This frigate is the naval vessel currently bearing Blas de Lezo's name. It was built in the shipyard owned by the Navantia company in Ferrol, and given to the Spanish Navy in 2004. Its motto is "Ornatus mei arma sunt requies mea pugnare" (Weapons are my harness, fighting is my rest).

The frigate spends about 100 days a year in foreign ports and waters, and works alongside vessels from all over the world. As well as its own missions, its most significant exercises to date have included missile launch tests on the West Coast
of the United States, and Operation Allied Protector: an anti-piracy operation in Somali waters.