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     A-01 Contramaestre Casado     

Photo byEugenio Castillo Pert, Málaga
Additional pictures:
Additional photo Magnify image   Ramón Suárez Suárez

Additional photo Magnify image   Manuel Luís Soto Sáenz, Cádiz, 16th September 2007

Additional photo Magnify image   Ramón Suárez Suárez, Mahón, 20th May 2010

Additional photo Magnify image   Ramón Suárez Suárez, Mahón, 20th May 2010

Country: Spain Spain
Class, [Type]: [AFT].
Builder: Eriksberg, Goteborg, Sweden.
Commission date: 15 December 1983.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.300 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 104,7 x 14,3 x 8,9
Main machinery: 1 x Burnmeister & Wain diesel ( 3.600 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 16.
Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 72.

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm.

Radar: Navigation: I band.

Callsign: EBQC ( Echo Bravo Quebec Charlie )
Comment: Built in Goteborg ( Sweden ) in 1953, and launched in may that year, as "Leeward Islands". Purchased in 1964 and renamed "Bajamar". Sold in 1968 to L. Harboe Jensen & Co., Oslo and renamed "Bonzo". Transferred to Sigurd Haavik A/S, Haugesund that same year. Later "Fortuna Reefer" of Nassau, Bahamas 1974, Panamanian "Thanassis K" in 1982. It was used as a smuggler and was intervened by the police. The Spanish Navy bought it in a public auction. It was enlisted the 6th of december 1983, after some conversions had been made. Has a small platform that enables it to operate with light helicopters.
Homeport: San Fernando.
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