A-05 El Camino Español

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: [AK].

Builder: Estaleiro Maua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Launch date: 15 October 1984.

Commission date: 09 January 1999.

Decommission date: 15 November 2019.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.560 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 93,5 x 18,2 x 4,6

Main machinery: 2 x MAN Sulzer diesel ( 6.482 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15.

Range ( miles ): 8.200.

Complement: 24 + 40 passengers.

Military lift: 1.620m² for vehicle loading: 24 x MBT´s, 15 x Trucks, 102 x small vehicles. It has two cranes with a loading cargo of 25tm each.

Callsign: EBQE ()

Comment: Christened as Araguary, renamed in 1988 as Mercantil Mage. Renamed, again, in 1995, as Cyndia. Navy managed, but under the control of the Army.

Homeport: Cartagena.

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