(Source: Navantia; dated July 21, web-posted July 22, 2008)
Navantia has celebrated on 21st. July, in the San Fernando- Puerto Real shipyard, the ceremony of christening of the combat replenishment ship “Cantabria” for the Spanish Navy.
This contract was signed in July 2005 and the keel was laid in July 2007. The commissioning of this ship to the Spanish Navy is scheduled 12-14 months after the launching.
This is a double hull ship, capable of supplying fluids (oil, water, fuels) and solids (goods, weapons, ammunition, supplies, etc.) to a group of combat for support of Army and Navy operations. It also has capacity for support on fighting against the sea pollution, and a high hospital capacity, and therefore can be used on humanitarian operations and ecological disasters.
Main characteristics:
-- Length overall: 173.9 meters
-- Length between at waterline: 162.0 m
-- Beam: 23.0 m
-- Design draught: 8.0 m
-- Depth: 11.8 m
-- Weight: 9,800 tonnes
-- Displacement: 19,500 t
-- Propulsion: 2 x 10.890 kW + 1 CPP
-- Maximum speed: 22 kts
-- Range: 6,000 nautical miles
-- Crew: 122 persons
