Serviola-class patrol boat

Spanish Navy patrol ship Centinela
Class overview
Name:	Serviola-class patrol boat
Builders:	NAVANTIA
Operators:	Spanish Navy
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol Boat
Displacement:	1200 tons
Length:	68 m
Beam:	10.33 m
Draft:	3.36 m
Propulsion:	2 MTU engines, 7,500 HP, 2 shafts with controllable pitch propellers, 2 stabilizing fins, 3 diesel generators of 195 KW ea
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar and surface / air Consilium RTM Selesmar 30 SIM Consilium Navigation and Radar Selesmar RTM 25 XIM
Armament:	2 × 12.7mm guns 1 × 3"/50 gun

The Serviola-class patrol boats were a series of patrol boats built in 1990 at the shipyard in Ferrol in the former Empresa Nacional Bazan (now NAVANTIA) for the Spanish Navy. They entered service in the Spanish Navy from October 1992.^[1] Since then they have remained in the Galician port of Ferrol making most of their sailings along the Galician and Cantabrian coasts.

They are designed to navigate at sea for long periods of time and sea conditions to rough seas without significant degradation of their capabilities. They have a flight deck that allows them to operate medium-sized helicopters, a sick bay with six beds and two rigid inflatable boats.

There are currently four ships in service.

On 3 May 2011 the Spanish patrol boat Atalaya entered waters around Gibraltar and ordered ships to leave the area. She met HMS Scimitar of the Royal Navy and left after about 90 minutes.^[2]

Ships

Pennant	Name	Launched	Commissioned	Status	Call sign	Image
P-71	Serviola	10 May 1990	22 March 1991	Active
P-72	Centinela	30 October 1990	24 September 1991	Active
P-73	Vigía	14 April 1991	24 March 1992	Active
P-74	Atalaya	22 November 1991	29 June 1992	Active

References

2. "Gibraltar Slams New 'Incursion' By Spanish Navy.". Defence News. May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-10.