Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat

Guaicamacuto Class
Class overview
Builders: Navantia, Cadiz, San Fernando Yard
Operators:  Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela
Building: 4
Planned: 4
Completed: 3
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1,453 tons standard displacement, 1,720 tons full load
Length: 79.9 m (262 ft)
Beam: 11.8 m (39 ft) (max.) [1]
Draught: 7 m (23 ft)
Draft: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • Maximum: 22 knots
  • Cruising: 16 knots
  • Economy: 14 knots
Range: At cruising speed of 16 knots: 4000 Nm
Complement: 34 + 30
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Surface Search radar: Thales VARIANT, I - G band
  • Fire Control radar: Thales STING EO, I - K band with TV/IR/Laser
  • Electro-Optics: Thales MIRADOR
Armament:
Aircraft carried: AB212, AB412 and AS565
Aviation facilities: Landing pad [1]

The Guaicamacuto class patrol vessels (Avante 1400) is a class of offshore patrol vessels or BVL (Spanish: Buque de Vigilancia de Litoral) in Venezuelan Navy service for patrol duty in economic exclusive zone. The contract for the BVL and POVZEE was signed together on the November 25, 2005. The last vessel Tamanaco, would be constructed locally at the Venezuelan National Dams and Shipyards (DIANCA) in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.

Ships of class

Name Pennant Laid Down Launched Commissioned
Guaicamacuto GC-21 16-Oct-2008 02-Mar-2010[3]
Yaviré GC-22 unknown 11-Mar-2009[4] 29-Jan-2011
Naiguatá GC-23 unknown 24-Jun-2009[5] 1-Mar-2011
Tamanaco GC-24 unknown unknown unknown

References

  1. 1 2 "Navantia Avante 1400 patrol ship" (PDF). Navantia. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wartsila Propulsion Solutions for OPVs" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Navantia Launches and Commissions Two OPVs to Venezuelan Navy".
  4. ↑ "Navantia launches second OPV for Venezuela".
  5. ↑ "Navantia launches first Venezuelan OPV".

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