Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat
Guaicamacuto Class | |
Class overview | |
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Builders: | Navantia, Cadiz, San Fernando Yard |
Operators: | Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela |
Building: | 4 |
Planned: | 4 |
Completed: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Corvette |
Displacement: | 1,453 tons standard displacement, 1,720 tons full load |
Length: | 79.9 m (262 ft) |
Beam: | 11.8 m (39 ft) (max.) [1] |
Draught: | 7 m (23 ft) |
Draft: | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
Propulsion: | CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4440 Kw each 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C09 CP propeller[2] |
Speed: | Maximum: 22 knots Cruising: 16 knots |
Range: | At cruising speed of 16 knots: 4000 Nm |
Complement: | 34 + 30 |
Sensors and processing systems: | Surface Search radar: Thales VARIANT, I - G band Fire Control radar: Thales STING EO, I - K band with TV/IR/Laser |
Armament: | Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (A position) 1 × 35 mm Oerlikon Millennium (Y position) |
Aircraft carried: | AB212, AB412 and AS565 |
Aviation facilities: | Landing pad [1] |
The Guaicamacuto class patrol vessels (Avante 1400) is a class of offshore patrol vessels or BVL (Spanish: Buque de Vigilancia de Litoral) in Venezuelan Navy service for patrol duty in economic exclusive zone. The contract for the BVL and POVZEE was signed together on the November 25, 2005. The last vessel Tamanaco, would be constructed locally at the Venezuelan National Dams and Shipyards (DIANCA) in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.
Ships of class
Name | Pennant | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned |
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Guaicamacuto | GC-21 | 16-Oct-2008 | 02-Mar-2010[3] | |
Yaviré | GC-22 | unknown | 11-Mar-2009[4] | 29-Jan-2011 |
Naiguatá | GC-23 | unknown | 24-Jun-2009[5] | 1-Mar-2011 |
Tamanaco | GC-24 | unknown | unknown | unknown |