Spanish patrol vessel Furor

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Flag of Spain.svgSpain
NameFuror
Ordered7 May 2014
Builder NAVANTIA
Cost€166.74m (US$224m) [1]
Laid down29 April 2016
Launched8 September 2017
Commissioned21 January 2019
Homeport Cartagena Naval Base
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and type Meteoro-class BAM
Displacement2860 tons full load
Length93.9 m (308 ft 1 in)
Beam14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 diesel engines
  • 4 groups diesel generators
  • 2 electric motors propellers
  • 1 emergency generator
  • Located 2 cross bow thruster
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Complement46 crew and 30 forces [2]
Armament
  • 1 × 76 mm/62 gun
  • 2 x 25 mm automatic mountings
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried1 × NH-90 helicopter

Furor (P-46) is an offshore patrol vessel and the sixth of the Meteoro class created for the Spanish Navy.

Order and construction

On 7 May 2014, SEPI announced that it had approved the construction of two new units, one to be built at the Cadiz shipyard in San Fernando / Puerto Real and the other at Ferrol. [3] The first sheet metal cut for these vessels, was carried out simultaneously in the shipyards of the bay of Cadiz and those of the Ferrol estuary on 5 December 2014. Order No. DEF/1564/2015 was published in the Official State Gazette on 26 June 2015, which names of these two ships as Audaz and Furor. [4]

On 29 April 2016, the first of the ship's blocks was placed on a grade. Its delivery to the Spanish Navy is scheduled for 2018. The launching of the ship has been delayed several times due to labor conflicts with the employees of Navantia. The launch planned for July 2017 and, after three attempts, was postponed in early September and, due to new conflicts, the launch was delayed a few weeks, scheduled for mid or late that month. [5] Finally, the sixth ship of the class, called Furor, was launched on 8 September 2017, in a private act (something atypical, as they are usually launched in a public act) and without being finished the structure, since the superstructure is not yet assembled. [6] [7] The ship was commissioned on 21 January 2019. [8]

On 6 May 2020, HMS Sabre (P285) tried to ward off Furor, which was making an illegal incursion into what Gibraltar consider its territorial waters, playing the Spanish National Anthem on Radio Channel Ch16. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Ing, David (22 July 2014). "Two new Spanish BAM OPVs to be in service by 2019, says Navantia". IHS Jane's Navy International.
  2. ↑ "(P-41) "METEORO" – (P-41) "Meteoro" – Ships – Armada Española – Ministerio de Defensa – Gobierno de España (Official Web of the Spanish Navy)". armada.mde.es. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ↑ La SEPI anuncia la construcción de un Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM) en los astilleros gaditanos(spanish)
  4. ↑ Order DEF / 1564/2015, of June 26, naming two BAMs, currently under construction(spanish)
  5. ↑ "Navantia programa de nuevo la puesta a flote del BAM construido en Ferrol". La Voz de Galicia (in European Spanish). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Ferrol, Diario de. "Navantia pone a flote en un acto interno el buque de acción marítima "Furor"". Diario de Ferrol. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Navantia bota el BAM a puerta cerrada". La Voz de Galicia (in European Spanish). 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Infodefensa.com, Revista Defensa (21 January 2019). "Navantia entrega el BAM Furor a Defensa en un acto en Ferrol – Noticias Infodefensa España". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  9. ↑ @NavyLookout (6 May 2020). "@RNGibSqn HMS Sabre trying to ward off Spanish warship SPS Furor making another illegal incursion into Gibraltar territorial waters today" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 October 2022– via Twitter.
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