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Sunday, 09 October 2016 10:53

"CASTOR" CLASS

Hydrographic ships "Malaspina"

Additional Info

  • Ships in class
    Name Number Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Homeport
    Castor A-21 5 November 1964 1 December 1966 10 December 2004 -
    Pollux A-22 5 November 1964 15 December 1966 20 January 2003 -
    Antares A-23 5 March 1973 21 November 1974   Puntales Naval Station (Cadiz)
    Rigel A-24 3 May 1973 21 November 1974 25 November 2013 -
  • Length
    • 38.4 meters
  • Beam
    • 7.6 meters
  • Draft
    • 3.1 meters
  • Displacement
    • 363 Tons
  • Propulsion
    • 1 motors diesel with a power of 800 HP
    • 1 pitch propellers and controllable,
  • Speed
    • 11.5 knots.
  • Complement
    • 40
  • Sensors
    • Navigation radar: Kelvin Hughes
    • Depth sounder ATLAS DESO-20
    • Depth sounder ATLAS DESO-50
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Sunday, 09 October 2016 10:32

"MALASPINA" CLASS

Hydrographic ships "Malaspina"

Additional Info

  • Ships in class
    Name Number Launched Commissioned Homeport
    Malaspina A-31 14 August 1973 21 February 1975 Puntales Naval Station (Cadiz)
    Tofiño A-32 22 December 1973 23 April 1975 Puntales Naval Station (Cadiz)
  • Length
    • 52.7 meters
  • Beam
    • 11.7 meters
  • Draft
    • 4.9 meters
  • Displacement
    • 1,090 Tons
  • Propulsion
    • 2 motors MWM Diesel TBRHS-AU-345 with a power of 1.350 HP
    • 2 pitch propellers and controllable, four-bladed and 1,825 mm in diameter.
    • An electric thruster of 150 HP
  • Electric power
    • Diesel generators 3-phase 378 kW each to 440V and 60 Hz.
    • 1 emergency generator power of 200 kW.
  • Speed
    • 15 knots.
  • Complement
    • 62 scientists
  • Sensors
    • Navigation radar: Sperry Marine Vision Master in band X
    • Navigation radar: Sperry Marine Vision Master in band S
    • Thermosalinograph SBE 21
    • Synthetic Aperture Sonar Shadows
    • Acoustic positioning GAPS
    • Multibeam depth sounder Simrad EM 300-302 (33 Khz)
    • Depth sounder Simrad EA 600 single beam (12/210 Khz)
    • Nortek doppler current meter
  • Aircraft carried
    • Ability to perform vertical maneuvers supply very light weights as medical evacuations, with a point of VERTREP in aft deck.
  • Other
    • Possibility of boarding up to four vehicles for work on land
    • 2 cranes load (1.7 and 2.6 tonnes)
    • Oceanographic winch
    • Windlass for synthetic aperture ring Shadows
    • Omnistar differential GPS receiver
    • 2 ocean hydraulic folding frames
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Wednesday, 13 April 2016 08:42

Commissioned Transportable hydrographic launch (YGS) "Sondaleza"

Commissioned in the Lista Oficial de Buques de la Armada (Official List of Spanish Navy Ships) the Transportable hydroggraphic lauch (YGS) "Sondaleza" with numeral A-93.

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