Spanish patrol vessel Relámpago

	Relámpago (P-43)
History
Spain
Name	Relámpago
Ordered	31 July 2006
Builder	NAVANTIA
Cost	€166.74m (US$224m)
Laid down	17 December 2009
Launched	6 October 2010
Commissioned	6 February 2012
Decommissioned	In active service
Homeport	Las Palmas Naval Base
Identification	pennant number: P-43
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
Armament	1 cannon 76 mm/62 gun; 2 x 25 mm automatic mountings; 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns;
Aircraft carried	1 × NH-90

Relámpago (P-43) is the third ship of the Meteoro class, a new kind of offshore patrol vessel created for the Spanish Navy and called BAMs.

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History
Relámpago (P-43)
Spain
Name	Relámpago
Ordered	31 July 2006
Builder	NAVANTIA
Cost	€166.74m (US$224m)^[1]
Laid down	17 December 2009
Launched	6 October 2010
Commissioned	6 February 2012
Decommissioned	In active service
Homeport	Las Palmas Naval Base
Identification	pennant number: P-43
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