A-14 Patiño

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Patiño, [AOR].

Builder: Bazán, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 22 June 1994.

Commission date: 16 June 1995.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.762 standard, 17.045 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 165.84 x 23,7 x 8

Main machinery: 2 x Bazán/Burmeister & Wain 16V40/45 diesels ( 24.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 13.440 at 20 knots.

Complement: 136 plus 24 of the embarked air unit plus 20 more spare places.

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon GAM-B01 20mm/85.

Military lift: 6.700 tons ship fuel, 1,660 tons JP-5, 180 tons water, 20 tons ammunition, 100 tons dry stores, 25 tons sonobuoys, and 9 tons spare parts.

Radar: Navigation: 2 x Decca 2690; TACAN: URN-25A.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x chaff launchers. Towed Nixie torpedo decoy. ESM/ECM: Aldebarán System.

Helicopter: Able to operate simultaneously with 3 x SH-3D Sea King.

Callsign: EBBZ ()

Comment: Ex - Mar del Sur.

Homeport: El Ferrol.

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