Spanish patrol boat Alborán
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| History | |
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| Name | Alborán |
| Namesake | Alboran Island |
| Launched | 20 February 1993 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1997 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Chilreu-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 1,800 t (1,800 long tons) |
| Length | 65.9 m (216 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) diesel engine |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) max |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament | 2 × Browning M2 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck |
Alborán (P-62) is a Chilreu-class patrol boat of the Spanish Navy built in 1993. Named for Alboran Island, it is the first ship in the Spanish Navy to bear the name. Its primary mission is enforcing fishery regulations for the Spanish fishing fleet. The ship has a home port at the Cartagena Naval Base and is in the Maritime Action Force.[1]
Alborán has a wooden hull sheathed in fiberglass, and its superstructure is made of aluminum. It has a displacement of 1,800 metric tons (1,800 long tons), a length of 66 meters (216 ft 6 in), and a beam of 10.5 meters (34 ft 5 in). It has a single variable-pitch propeller and 260-kilowatt (350 hp) bow thrusters, which are all supplied by a 2,200 kW (3,000 hp) MaK diesel engine powering a plant of two primary generators (313 kW each) and an emergency generator (95 kW).[1]
The ship is armed with two Browning M2 12.7-millimeter (0.50 in) and two MG 42 7.62 mm (0.30 in) machine guns. Its crew is 37, with space to embark an additional 16. Alborán is equipped with SX-band surface and navigation radar, an ECDIS-integrated radar, and a FLIR thermal imaging camera. The ship has a flight deck for an AB-212 or H-500 light helicopter, and it can deploy two rigid hull inflatable boats.[1]