A-01 Contramaestre Casado

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: [AFT].

Builder: Eriksberg, Goteborg, Sweden.

Commission date: 15 December 1983.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.300 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 104,7 x 14,3 x 8,9

Main machinery: 1 x Burnmeister & Wain diesel ( 3.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 16.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 72.

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm.

Radar: Navigation: I band.

Callsign: EBQC ()

Comment: Built in Goteborg ( Sweden ) in 1953, and launched in may that year, as "Leeward Islands". Purchased in 1964 and renamed "Bajamar". Sold in 1968 to L. Harboe Jensen & Co., Oslo and renamed "Bonzo". Transferred to Sigurd Haavik A/S, Haugesund that same year. Later "Fortuna Reefer" of Nassau, Bahamas 1974, Panamanian "Thanassis K" in 1982. It was used as a smuggler and was intervened by the police. The Spanish Navy bought it in a public auction. It was enlisted the 6th of december 1983, after some conversions had been made. Has a small platform that enables it to operate with light helicopters.

Homeport: La Carraca.