Cantabria (A-15)

Cantabria class

Cantabria (A-15), Cadiz

Ship data country  Spain Australia  Ship type Supply ship draft Navantia Construction period 2005 to 2020 Launch of the type ship 2008 Units built 3 period of service Since 2010

Ship dimensions and crew length 173.9 m ( Lüa ) width 23 m Draft Max. 8 m displacement 19,500  t   crew 122 men

Machine system Machine performance 21,780 kW (29,613 hp) Top speed 20 kn (37 km / h)

Payload fuel 9,000 m³ Kerosene 1,585 m³ Drinking water 215 m³ general freight 470 t helicopter 2 NH90 or 3 AB-212

The Cantabria , formerly called Buque de Aprovisionamiento en Combate (BAC, German: Combat Supply Ship), is a supply ship of the Spanish Navy . The second largest ship in the Armada after Juan Carlos I was named after the autonomous region or province of Cantabria . She is the lead ship of a three-unit class of the Spanish and Australian navies, the latter referred to as the supply class .

history

The second round of sea trials of the Cantabria took place at the end of 2009 off Cádiz . A year and a half later than planned, the ship was put into service in mid-2010. A technical reason is said to have been the cause of the delay; moreover, such a large ship was last launched at the shipyard in the 1930s.

At the handover from the manufacturer to the client, representatives from Canada and Norway were present. According to the manufacturer, both countries had shown interest in the design at the time, with Canada later choosing the Berlin class .

In 2013 the Cantabria supported the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for eight months , whose success had to spend a longer layover in a shipyard. She arrived in Melbourne in February 2013 . The RAN went there with some of the systems familiar to be installed also two of its new Spanish-based designs, ship classes ( Canberra and Hobart class ).

In March 2016 it was finally announced that Navantia would be commissioned to build two ships based on the Cantabria for the RAN. They replace Success and Sirius .

technology

The ship class was built according to civil shipbuilding standards. This includes a double hull to protect the fuel tanks. The Cantabria class can supply three other ships at sea at the same time, it can perform hospital tasks and can also perform monitoring tasks with regard to marine pollution and is able to carry out environmental monitoring.

units

The first ship was built in Puerto Real , while the two Australian ships were built in Ferrol .

Identifier	Surname	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning
A-15	Cantabria	July 2005	July 21, 2008	July 29, 2010
A-195	HMAS Supply	17th November 2017	23rd November 2018	(Planned for 2020)
A-304	HMAS Stalwart	4th April 2018	August 30, 2019	(Planned for 2022)

Web links

Commons : Cantabria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Navantia website

Footnotes

1. ↑ Navantia lays keel for first RAN replenishment vessel, Janes, November 19, 2017 ( Memento of the original of November 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Navantia launches Australia's first replenishment vessel, begins work on second, Janes, November 26, 2018
3. ↑ First Supply-class AOR for Royal Australian Navy completes sea trials, Janes, August 13, 2020
4. ↑ Navantia cuts steels on second AOR ship for RAN, Janes, April 5, 2018
5. ↑ Navantia launches second logistics vessel for Australian Navy, Navantia Homepage, August 30, 2019