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     A-05 El Camino Español     

Photo byEugenio Castillo Pert, Málaga
Additional pictures:
Additional photo Magnify image   Benjamín Marfil, Ceuta, 4th November 2005

Additional photo Magnify image   Antonio Muñoz Criado, Málaga, 21st February 2000

Additional photo Magnify image   Gregorio Tamayo, Cartagena, 2007

Additional photo Magnify image   Eduardo Fernández, Málaga, 1st April 2010

Additional photo Magnify image   Antonio Galán Cees, Cartagena, November 6th 2008

Additional photo Magnify image   Ramón Suárez Suárez, Mahón, 2010

Additional photo Magnify image   Manuel Luís Soto Sáenz, Cádiz, 17th November 2007

Country: Spain Spain
Class, [Type]: [AK].
Builder: Estaleiro Maua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Launch date: 15 October 1984.
Commission date: 09 January 1999.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.560 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 93,5 x 18,2 x 4,6
Main machinery: 2 x MAN Sulzer diesel ( 6.482 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 15.
Range ( miles ): 8.200.
Complement: 24 + 40 passengers.

Military lift: 1620 square meters for vehicle loading: 24 x MBT´s, 15 x Trucks, 102 x small vehicles. It has two cranes with a loading cargo of 25tm each.

Callsign: EBQE ( Echo Bravo Quebec Echo )
Comment: Christened as Araguary, renamed in 1988 as Mercantil Mage. Renamed, again, in 1995, as Cyndia. Navy managed, but under the control of the Army.
Homeport: Cartagena.

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