Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat

Class overview
BuildersNavantia, Cádiz, San Fernando Yard
Operators Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
Planned4
Completed4
Active3
Lost1
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Displacement1,453 tons standard displacement, 1,720 tons full load
Length79.9 m (262 ft 2 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) (max.)[1]
Draught7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
  • CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4440 kW each
  • 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C09 controllable pitch propeller[2]
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement34 + 30
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Surface Search radar: Thales VARIANT, I - G band
  • Fire Control radar: Thales STING EO, I - K band with TV/IR/Laser
  • Electro-Optics: Thales MIRADOR
Armament
Aircraft carriedAB212, AB412 and AS565
Aviation facilitiesLanding pad[1]

The Guaicamacuto-class patrol boats (Avante 1400) is a class of offshore patrol vessels or BVL (Spanish: Buque de Vigilancia de Litoral) in Venezuelan Navy service for patrol duty in economic exclusive zone. A contract for four BVLs and four POVZEE was signed together on 25 November 2005. Since 2014 the Spanish Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has been investigating the €42m "commission" paid to some of those involved.[3]

The final vessel of the class was to have been named after Tamanaco, a 16th-century tribal leader, but in 2013 GC-24 was renamed Comandante eterno Hugo Chávez after the death of the then president. GC-24 was laid down in 2008 under the supervision of Navantia at the Venezuelan National Dams and Shipyards (DIANCA) in Puerto Cabello, was launched in 2014 and began sea trials in April 2018, but Navantia pulled out of Venezuela in January 2019 before trials were complete.[4]

Ships of class

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Name Pennant Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Guaicamacuto GC-21 Navantia, Spain 16 October 2008 2 March 2010[5]
Yaviré GC-22 11 March 2009[6] 29 January 2011
Naiguatá GC-23 24 June 2009[7] 1 March 2011 Sunk after ramming an unarmed civilian vessel
Comandante eterno Hugo Chávez GC-24 DIANCA, Puerto Cabello 2014[needs update] [citation needed]

Naiguatá sunk after ramming the cruise ship RCGS Resolute on 30 March 2020 in an apparent attempt to seize it.[8][9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Navantia Avante 1400 patrol ship" (PDF). Navantia. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Wartsila Propulsion Solutions for OPVs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  3. ^ Ángel Noceda, Miguel (28 July 2014). "El macrocontrato de Navantia en Venezuela tropieza por los avales". El Pais (in Spanish).
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Miguel (29 January 2019). "España retira su apoyo al buque de guerra 'Comandante Eterno Hugo Chávez'". El Pais (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Navantia Launches and Commissions Two OPVs to Venezuelan Navy". Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Navantia launches second OPV for Venezuela".
  7. ^ "Navantia launches first Venezuelan OPV".
  8. ^ "Venezuelan Navy boat rams German cruise ship and sinks". Deutsche Welle. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. ^ Relatório de Investigação Técnica / Investigation report (PDF) (Report) (in Portuguese). Gabinete de Investigação de Acidentes Marítimos e da Autoridade para a Meteorologia Aeronáutica (GAMA). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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