P-42 Rayo

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Meteoro, [OPV].

Builder: Navantia, San Fernando/Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.

Launch date: 18 May 2010.

Commission date: 26 October 2011.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.670 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 93,9 x 14,2 x 4,2

Main machinery: CODOE: 2 x MTU16V 1163 diesel ( 4.500 hp ), 2 x electric ( 750 hp ), 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 20,5; 19 sustained; 10 patrol.

Range ( miles ): 8.700: 3.500 at 15 knots + 12 days at 6 knots ( 1.700 ) + 3.500 at 12 knots.

Complement: 35 ( 5 officers ) + 35 spare ( On NEO missions this can be up to 80 for 48 hours ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62, 2 x Mk38 Mod2 35mm, 4 x Browning M2 QCB 12,7mm.

Military lift: 3 x 5,5tm containers on landing deck, 3 x 16tm containers aft.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Sperry VisionMaster FT 250, I band; Surface Search: 1 x Indra Aries NAV; Air Traffic Control: 1 x Indra Aries SAAAS, X band; Fire Control: 1 x FABA DORNA.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36, chaff and infrared flares launcher. ESM: Indra Rigel.

Helicopter: The hangar can store 1 x Light ( AB212 ) or Medium ( NH90 ) Helicopter, the landing deck can operate also an SH-3D model.

Callsign: EBFF ()

Comment: Carries 2 x RHIB´s. Landing deck size is 24,7m x 13,5m.

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