A-08  

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: EDIC, [LCT].

Builder: Bazán, San Fernando, Spain.

Launch date: 09 March 1966.

Commission date: 30 December 1966.

Decommission date: 25 March 2004.

Displacement ( tons ): 665.

Dimensions ( metres ): 59 x 11,9 x 1,54

Main machinery: 2 x diesel (1.040 hp).

Speed ( knots ): 10,26; half load: 9,5.

Range ( miles ): 2.577 at 10,26 knots, 2.987 at 9,5 knots.

Complement: 15-20.

Guns: 1 x 20mm/70 MK-10 mod.23, 2 x 12,7mm Browning MK-26 mod. 9.

Military lift: Gas-oil: 36,80 t.

Callsign: EBGG ()

Comment: Ex -BDK-8 (1966), Ex - LCT-8 (1980). Becomes A-08 on September 1st 1986. Last unit from a batch of four. On October 14th 2004, along with sister unit LCT-6, was used as a target during exercise Sinkex-04 and sunk. Her remains rest in latitude 28º02´N, 018º 35´W.