PC-22 Warao

Country:  Venezuela

Class, [Type]: Guaiquerí, [OPV].

Builder: Navantia, San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain.

Launch date: 26 October 2009.

Commission date: 02 August 2011.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.419 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 98,9 x 13,6 x 3,8

Main machinery: 4 x MTU 12V 2000 M50B diesel, 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 24.

Range ( miles ): 3.500 at 15 knots.

Complement: 60 + 32 passengers.

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Super Rapid, 1 x Oerlikon Millenium GMD-008 35mm ( double mounting ), 2 x Browning M2 12,7mm.

Radar: Air/Surface: 1 x Thales Smart-S Mk.2, 3D, E/F bands; Fire Control: 1 x Thales Sting EO Mk2, I/K bands (main gun), 1 x Thales Mirador (35mm gun).

Helicopter: 1 x light helicopter.

Comment: Grounded heavily on a reef near Fortaleza (Brasil) on 3rd August 2012 when arriving for joint exercise VENBRAS 2012.

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 PC21 Guaiquerí
 PC23 Yecuana