M-43 Guadalquivir

Country: Spain

Class, [Type]: Agile, [MSO].

Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 2nd March 1956.

Commission date: 7th January 1971.

Decommission date: 13th October 2000.

 Design by Antoni Casinos

Displacement ( tons ): 817-853 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 52,6 x 10,7 x 4,3

Main machinery: 4 x Packard ID-1700 diesels ( 2.280 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 14.

Range ( miles ): 3.000 at 10 knots.

Complement: 74 ( 6 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm.

Radar: Surface: Raytheon SPS 5C, G/H bands; Navigation: Decca, I band.

Sonar: GE SQQ 14.

Countermeasures: Minehunting: Pluto.

Callsign: EBJA ()

Comment: Former USS-Persistant MSO-491. Commissioned the 1st of july 1971, after being transferred from the US Navy.

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