Spanish patrol vessel Tornado (P-44)

Tornado (P-44) is the fourth ship of the Meteoro class, a new kind of offshore patrol vessels created for the Spanish Navy and called BAMs.

For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship Tornado.
Tornado (P-44)
History
Spain
NameTornado
Ordered31 July 2006
BuilderNAVANTIA
Cost€166.74m (US$224m)[1]
Laid down5 May 2010
Launched21 March 2011
Commissioned19 July 2012
DecommissionedIn active service
HomeportLas Palmas Naval Base
Identificationpennant number: P-44
General characteristics
Class and typeMeteoro class BAM
Displacement2860 tons full load
Length93.9 metres (308 ft)
Beam14.2 metres (47 ft)
Draft4.2 metres (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 diesel engines
  • 4 groups diesel generators
  • 2 electric motors propellers
  • 1 Emergency generator
  • Located 2 cross bow thruster
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Complement46 crew and 30 forces[2]
Armament
  • 1 cannon 76 mm/62 gun
  • 2 x 25 mm automatic mountings
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried1 × NH-90

References
  1. Ing, David (22 July 2014). "Two new Spanish BAM OPVs to be in service by 2019, says Navantia". IHS Jane's Navy International.
  2. Official Web of the Spanish Navy
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