Why an F110 frigate is a poor destroyer baseline

How could the Spanish F110 frigate be enlarged into a North Atlantic destroyer?

The changes would be so extensive that Spain would be better served keeping the F110 as a frigate and designing a destroyer for the larger mission.

The Bonifaz-class F110 is treated as a capable frigate, but its 16-cell vertical launch system is considered too small for the proposed destroyer role. Quad-packing ESSM helps with missile numbers without changing that judgment. The suggested entry threshold of 64 cells is a personal design criterion rather than a universal classification rule. The proposal would also require stronger sensors, missiles beyond ESSM, more power and increases in both length and beam. Two quadruple Naval Strike Missile launchers add capability but do not resolve those requirements. The recommendation is to retain the frigate design for its existing role and start a destroyer around the larger mission.