W-33 Centinela

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Parrote, [WPB].

Builder: Astano, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 18 December 1952.

Commission date: 07 April 1954.

Decommission date: 08 March 1977.

Displacement ( tons ): 280.

Dimensions ( metres ): 36,15 x 6,85 x 3,99

Main machinery: 1 x diesel ( 450 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 11,5.

Range ( miles ): 6.300 at 5,5 knots.

Complement: 29.

Guns: 2 x 37mm/85 Rheinmetall.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Decca 159-B.

Callsign: EBED ()

Comment: Ex - Parrote. Designed according to fishing ship standards of the 1950´s, and built in 1953. This unit, and her sister W34 Serviola, was decomissioned in the late 1970´s, and were transferred to the Mauritanian Navy where it was renamed Tekane.

Similar units:

 W34 Serviola