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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

ESPARTANA patrol craft (1989/1995)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Espartana (ex-Cormorán) GC41, 1999- PO41   Bazán, Ferrol, Spain   10.1985 28.12.1989 // 5.3.1995 stricken 2012

 

Displacement standard, t

300

Displacement full, t

374

Length, m

55.6

Breadth, m

7.59

Draught, m

1.97 hull

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 MTU-Bazán 16V956 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

13500

Max speed, kts

33

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Sensors Raytheon 1620 radar, Alcor-C e/o director
Complement

32

Project history: Launched as a speculation. Taken over by Spanish Navy in 1989 as testbed and patrol vessel but was decommissioned in 1994 and returned to builder. Later was purchased by Colombia.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Espartana 2008

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