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Patrol vessel Tornado (P 44)

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Classification

Ship class:
Meteoro-class offshore patrol vessel
Type:
type: Patrol craft

Basic information

Country of build:
Builder:
builder: Navantia
Operator:
Spanish NavySpanish Navy
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned:
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
2860 t
Length:
93.9 m
Beam (overall):
14.2 m
Draught:
4.2 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • CODOE
  • 2 * 5,200 kW Diesel engines
  • 2 * 750 kW Electric motors
  • 2 * shaft lines
  • 2 * CP propellers
Speed:
21 knots
Range:
3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)

Crew

Complement:
46
Mission crew:
30

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • 1 * 2D LPI Air/Surface surveillance radar
  • 1 * IFF (Interrogation & transponder)
  • 1 * Navigation radar
  • 1 * EO Surveillance and Tracking system
  • 1 * Radar-EO fire control system director
  • 1 * ESM system Radar band
  • 1 * ESM system Communications band
Armament:
  • 1 * 76/62 mm Gun
  • 2 * 25 mm weapon stations
  • 4 * Decoy launchers (IR & Radar)
  • 2 * 12.7 mm machine guns (manual operation)
Aircraft:
  • 1 * NH-90

Tornado (P-44) is the fourth ship of the Meteoro class, a new kind of offshore patrol vessels created for the Spanish Navy and called BAMs.

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