A-61 Contramaestre Castelló

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: [YW].

Builder: Bazán, La Carraca, Spain.

Launch date: 25 July 1949.

Commission date: 30 January 1952.

Decommission date: 20 December 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.785 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 61 x 9,6 x 4,3

Main machinery: 1 x diesel ( 780 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 9.

Range ( miles ): 1.100 at 10 knots.

Complement: 32.

Guns: 2 x 12,7mm.

Military lift: 1000 tons. Water.

Callsign: EBOC ()

Comment: Ex A-6. Reclasiffied AA-06 in 1980. Renamed Contramaestre Castelló in 1983. Reclassified as A-61 in 1986. Sunk as target during SINKEX 95, near the Canary Islands, on 5th April 1995.

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