Spanish patrol vessel Furor (P-46)

Furor (P-46) is an offshore patrol vessel and the sixth of the Meteoro class created for the Spanish Navy.

History
Spain
Name: Furor
Ordered: 7 May 2014
Builder: NAVANTIA
Cost: €166.74m (US$224m)[1]
Laid down: 29 April 2016
Launched: 8 September 2017
Commissioned: 21 January 2019
Homeport: Cartagena Naval Base
Identification:
Status: In active service
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

Order and construction

On May 7, 2014, SEPI announced that it had approved the construction of two new units, one to be built at the Cadiz shipyard in San Fernando / Puerto Real and the other at Ferrol.[3] The first sheet metal cut for these vessels, was carried out simultaneously in the shipyards of the bay of Cadiz and those of the Ferrol estuary on December 5, 2014. Order No. DEF/1564/2015 was published in the Official State Gazette on June 26, 2015, which names of these two ships as Audaz (P-45) and Furor (P-46).[4]

On April 29, 2016, the first of the ship's blocks was placed on a grade. Its delivery to the Spanish Navy is scheduled for 2018. The launching of the ship has been delayed several times due to labor conflicts with the employees of Navantia. The launch planned for July 2017 and, after three attempts, was postponed in early September and, due to new conflicts, the launch was delayed a few weeks, scheduled for mid or late that month.[5] Finally, the sixth ship of the class, called Furor, was launched on September 8, 2017, in a private act (something atypical, as they are usually launched in a public act) and without being finished the structure, since the superstructure is not yet assembled.[6][7] The ship was commissioned on January 21, 2019.[8] On May 6, 2020, HMS Sabre (P285) tried to ward off Furor, which was making an illegal incursion into Gibraltar waters, playing the Spanish National Anthem on Radio Channel Ch16.[9]

References
  1. Ing, David (22 July 2014). "Two new Spanish BAM OPVs to be in service by 2019, says Navantia". IHS Jane's Navy International.
  2. "(P-41) "METEORO" - (P-41) "Meteoro" - Ships - Armada Española - Ministerio de Defensa - Gobierno de España (Official Web of the Spanish Navy)". armada.mde.es. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  3. La SEPI anuncia la construcción de un Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM) en los astilleros gaditanos(spanish)
  4. Order DEF / 1564/2015, of June 26, naming two BAMs, currently under construction(spanish)
  5. "Navantia programa de nuevo la puesta a flote del BAM construido en Ferrol". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  6. Ferrol, Diario de. "Navantia pone a flote en un acto interno el buque de acción marítima "Furor"". Diario de Ferrol. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  7. "Navantia bota el BAM a puerta cerrada". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  8. Infodefensa.com, Revista Defensa (2019-01-21). "Navantia entrega el BAM Furor a Defensa en un acto en Ferrol - Noticias Infodefensa España". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  9. twitter.com https://twitter.com/navylookout/status/1257975205852524544 Missing or empty |title= (help)
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