OPV Furor Visits Ghana for Maintenance
The offshore patrol vessel (OPV) “Furor” called at the Sekondi Naval Base in Ghana as part of her scheduled deployment in the Gulf of Guinea. During the period from April…
New Spanish Navy Tug Carnota on Trials
The first towing manoeuvers conducted by the new multi-purpose ship ‘Carnota’ (A-61) on March 20 with the civilian SAR vessel ‘Gavia’, is one of the milestones before her final entry…
Spanish Navy Accepts Delivery of Submarine Isaac Peral
On November 30, the S-81 submarine, “Isaac Peral”, has been delivered to the Submarine Flotilla at the Cartagena Arsenal, the first submarine of the S-80 class, built by Navantia in…
Spanish Navy Receives Their First Airbus H135 P3H Helicopter
On Thursday, October 26, the Spanish Navy took delivery of the first AIRBUS H135 P3H helicopter (dubbed ‘Nival’) of a total of seven that, over the next two years, will…
Spanish Navy Orders Eight Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawks
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the U.S. Navy to produce eight Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk® helicopters for the Spanish Navy (Armada). Designed, built and integrated with advanced missions systems…
Spanish OPV Tornado Deploys to Gulf of Guinea
The offshore patrol vessel ‘Tornado’ has just set sail from Las Palmas Naval Station (Canary Islands) to deploy in the West African coast and the Gulf of Guinea. During the…
Two Spanish Frigates Visit Mielilla Before Dynamic Guard
The FFG frigates ‘Reina Sofía’ and ‘Canarias’ will call at the port of Melilla next Saturday 2nd before participating in NATO’s multinational exercise ‘Dynamic Guard’. These frigates, along with the…
ESPS Mendez Nunez Deploys From Ferrol for NATO SNMG2
Frigate ‘Méndez Núñez’ (F-104) left her home port in Ferrol (NW Spain) last August 18th to integrate into the Standing NATO Maritime Group No. 2 (SNMG-2) as part of Operation…
Navantia Lays Keel for First F110 Frigate at Ferrol
The Navantia shipyard in Ferrol (Coruña) hosted this Wednesday the act of putting the keel on the F111 frigate, whose construction began in April 2022, and which is the first…
Navantia Lays Keels for BAM-IS & Moroccan Corvette
The shipyards of Navantia in Puerto Real and San Fernando have begun, July 3, 2023, the production phase of a Maritime Action Ship of Underwater Intervention (BAM-IS), for the Navy…