P-41 Cormorán

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Cormorán, [PC].

Builder: Bazán, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 15 October 1985.

Commission date: 26 January 1990.

Decommission date: 26 January 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 300, 374 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 55,6 x 7,59 x 1,97

Main machinery: 3 x Bazán-MTU MA 16V956 TB91 diesels ( 13.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 33.

Range ( miles ): 2.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 32 ( 5 officers ).

Guns: 1 x Bofors 40mm/70 SP48, 1 x Oerlikon 20mm.

Comment: Ex - GC41. Launched in October 1985 on speculation but was not purchased by any foreign fleet. The ship was later accepted by the Spanish Navy in 1989. Was decommissioned from the Spanish Navy in early 1994 and returned to the builder after only four years’ service. Sold to Colombia in 1995, as PO-41 Espartana, currently active with the Coast Guard.