Spanish patrol vessel Tornado (P-44)

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For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship Tornado.

Tornado (P-44) is the fourth ship of the Meteoro class, a new kind of offshore patrol vessels created for the Spanish Navy and called BAMs.

History
Tornado (P-44)
Spain
Name	Tornado
Ordered	31 July 2006
Builder	NAVANTIA
Cost	€166.74m (US$224m)^[1]
Laid down	5 May 2010
Launched	21 March 2011
Commissioned	19 July 2012
Decommissioned	In active service
Homeport	Las Palmas Naval Base
Identification	pennant number: P-44
General characteristics
Class and type	Meteoro class BAM
Displacement	2860 tons full load
Length	93.9 metres (308 ft)
Beam	14.2 metres (47 ft)
Draft	4.2 metres (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesel engines 4 groups diesel generators 2 electric motors propellers 1 Emergency generator Located 2 cross bow thruster
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Complement	46 crew and 30 forces^[2]
Armament	1 cannon 76 mm/62 gun 2 x 25 mm automatic mountings 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried	1 × NH-90

Though normally based in the Canary Islands, as of October 2024 the patrol ship was assigned to carry out maritime security operations in Spanish waters off North Africa, near the Island of Alborán.^[3]

References

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^ Ing, David (22 July 2014). "Two new Spanish BAM OPVs to be in service by 2019, says Navantia". IHS Jane's Navy International.
^ Official Web of the Spanish Navy
^ Celiz, Sofia (2 October 2024). "El patrullero BAM Tornado de la Armada Española inicia una nueva operación de vigilancia en el estrecho de Gibraltar y el mar de Alborán". Zona Militar. Retrieved 3 October 2024.