Relámpago (P-43) is the third ship of the Meteoro class, a new kind of offshore patrol vessel created for the Spanish Navy and called BAMs.
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 Relámpago (P-43) |
| History |
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 Spain |
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| Name | Relámpago |
| Ordered | 31 July 2006 |
| Builder | NAVANTIA |
| Cost | €166.74m (US$224m)[1] |
| Laid down | 17 December 2009 |
| Launched | 6 October 2010 |
| Commissioned | 6 February 2012 |
| Decommissioned | In active service |
| Homeport | Las Palmas Naval Base |
| Identification | pennant number: P-43 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & 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 |
- 2 diesel engines
- 4 groups diesel generators
- 2 electric motors propellers
- 1 Emergency generator
- Located 2 cross bow thruster
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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 |
- 1 cannon 76 mm/62 gun
- 2 x 25 mm automatic mountings
- 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH-90 |
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