Armón Vigo is crowned building the Spanish Coast Gard best ship
The shipyard will deliver the ocean patrol vessel, which will be the flagship of the Coast Guard's maritime service, around middle-September.
The Vigo shipyard, Armón, achieves another milestone in its shipbuilding history with the super ship the Spanish Guard will be proud of in a few days. The "Duque de Ahumada," which will become the jewel in the crown of the Civil Guard's maritime fleet, will be delivered in the middle of this month with a ceremony to be held in Vigo, according to a General Directorate of the Civil Guard report.
The ship has completed the relevant sea trials at Vigo estuary in recent weeks and is ready to begin operating in complex operations such as combating organized crime and drug trafficking, or controlling illegal immigration, tasks for which it was designed.
At a cost of €35 million, the ocean patrol vessel will become the Spanish Coast Guard's flagship, the largest (82 meters in length) and the most advanced in its fleet, equipped with cutting-edge technological equipment.
It features a helicopter landing pad, a shipwreck room with capacity for more than 350 people, a room for women and children, and a morgue. It is equipped with a remotely operated submersible vehicle (ROV) and two auxiliary boats, an intervention and rescue vessel with maximum speeds of 60 and 40 knots, respectively. It has a built-in six-ton crane and a deck load capacity of four 20-foot containers. The vessel's interior is designed to the highest level of comfort and will be able to navigate in adverse weather conditions, allowing it to remain in port for up to 30 days.
It will be the largest and most modern vessel of the Spanish Coast Guard, whose founder, Duque de Ahumada, gives its name to the ship, which can be seen these days from Beiramar awaiting its departure from Vigo.
Armón has several other vessels in the final stages of construction: two oceanographic vessels scheduled for delivery by the end of this year. These are the 'Azores Ocean' for Portugal and the 'Anna Weber-van Bosse', commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) in the Netherlands to join its marine scientific fleet. The shipyard and its subsidiary Ría de Vigo (formerly Hijos de J. Barreras) have other orders in their portfolio, including two multipurpose vessels for the Swedish Navy, an electric vessel for the British company Bibby Marine to support wind farms, and a ferry for French Polynesia, among others.
Source: Atlántico Diario