Cantabria (A-15)
Cantabria (A-15), Cadiz
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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 |
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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
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Navantia launches Australia's first replenishment vessel, begins work on second, Janes, November 26, 2018
- ↑ First Supply-class AOR for Royal Australian Navy completes sea trials, Janes, August 13, 2020
- ↑ Navantia cuts steels on second AOR ship for RAN, Janes, April 5, 2018
- ↑ Navantia launches second logistics vessel for Australian Navy, Navantia Homepage, August 30, 2019