A-15 Cantabria

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Cantabria, [AOR].

Builder: Navantia, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.

Launch date: 21 July 2008.

Commission date: 29 July 2010.

Displacement ( tons ): 19.600 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 174 x 23 x 8

Main machinery: 2 x MAN 18V 40/45 diesel ( 21.780 hp ), 4 x MAN 16V 20/27 diesel generators, 1 x shaft.

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 122.

Guns: 2 x Mk38 Mod 2, 2 x 12,7mm.

Military lift: Liquid cargo: DFM 8.809m³ (+729 self consumption), JP-5 1.527m³ (+112,5 self consumption), water 170m³ (+90 self consumption), lube oil 122m³; General Cargo: Ammunition 505m², dry cargo 81m², general cargo 160m², refrigerated cargo 56m², frozen cargo 60m², spare parts and sonobuoys 83m², 20 x TEU containers above decks.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Indra Aries NAV; Air Traffic Control: 1 x Indra Aries SAAAS, X band.

Countermeasures: Decoys: ? x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36, chaff and infrared flares launcher. SLQ-25 Nixie, towed torpedo decoy. ESM: Indra Rigel.

Helicopter: Hangar and landing spot can operate: 1 x Heavy Helicopter (CH-47) or 2 x Medium Helicopters (SH-3D) or 3 x Light Helicopters (AB212).

Callsign: EBAS ()

Comment: Carries 2 x RHIB´s. Double hull. Has four liquid replenishments stations and four other for cargo. There is another liquid station at stern.