Spanish patrol vessel Rayo (P-42)
Rayo (P-42)
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Name | Rayo |
Ordered | 31 July 2006 |
Builder | NAVANTIA |
Cost | €166.74m (US$224m)[1] |
Laid down | 3 September 2009 |
Launched | 18 May 2010 |
Commissioned | 26 October 2011 |
Decommissioned | In active service |
Homeport | Las Palmas Naval Base |
Identification | pennant number: P-42 |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Meteoro class BAM |
Displacement | 2860 tons full load |
Length | 93.9 metres (308 ft) |
Beam | 14.2 metres (47 ft) |
Draft | 4.2 metres (14 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) |
Complement | 46 crew and 30 forces[2] |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × NH-90 |
Rayo (P-42) is the second ship of the
Operational history
It was laid down on September 3, 2009, at the Puerto Real-San Fernando shipyard.
It was launched on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, sponsored by Defense Minister Carme Chacón, after which, it continued its construction process afloat. Between May 27 and July 1, 2011, it performed its sea trials as far as the platform is concerned.[3]
It was delivered to the
After arriving in
In December 2013, it participated in the operation that led to the capture in waters near the Canary Islands of the Triton 2000 sailing vessel, carrying 550 kg of cocaine on board.
In December 2014 he relieved
At the end of October 2015 participated in the tasks of rescue of a Superpuma Helicopter of the Service of Search and Rescue (SAR) of the
References
- ^ Ing, David (22 July 2014). "Two new Spanish BAM OPVs to be in service by 2019, says Navantia". IHS Jane's Navy International.
- ^ Official Web of the Spanish Navy
- ^ Navantia concluye con éxito las pruebas de plataforma del BAM Rayo(Spanish)
- ^ El segundo buque de acción marítima ‘Rayo’ llega a su base de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria(Spanish)