P-51 Nalón

Country: Spain

Class, [Type]: Adjutant, [MSC].

Builder: South Coast Co., Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 22nd November 1952.

Commission date: 16th February 1954.

Decommission date: 15th May 1993.

 Design by Antoni Casinos

Displacement ( tons ): 355 standard, 384 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 43,9 x 8,5 x 2,5

Main machinery: 2 x GM 8-268A diesels ( 880 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 14.

Range ( miles ): 2.700 at 10 knots.

Complement: 39 ( 3 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm ( double ).

Radar: Navigation: Decca TM 626 or RM 914, I band.

Sonar: UQS 1.

Callsign: EBIG ()

Comment: Laid down as AMS-139 for transfer to France as M691 Oelliet. Wooden hull. Originally numbered as M-21, later reclassified to patrol duties in 1980 an renamed PVZ-51. Renamed P-51 in 1986. Sunk as artificial reef near Mazarrón 6th June 1999.

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