The Spanish company has sent a delegation to the Philippines to present the modern patrol Avante 1800. The country will submit a year-end competition for the acquisition of these ships and Navantia participate in it.
Given the large reduction in orders and workload of the shipyard, Navantia has moved in search of new contracts that saved the Spanish company. The Digital Confidential and announced that the company is considered "favorite" to take over the development of a strategic projection ship for Turkey.
However, the delay of the latter project has caused Ramadan Navantia tipping in the Philippines, which seeks to renew its fleet almost entirely military.
Company sources explained that a delegation ECD Navantia traveled last July to the Asian country to introduce the modern Philippine Navy patrol Avante 1800, which has not yet made any prototype.
Philippines opened a competition for the acquisition of patrol later this year and Navantia has confirmed this confidential participate with Avante 1800.
This is a patrolman maximum length 89.8 meters, 79.8 meters between perpendiculars, maximum width 13.2 meters, 7.2 meters from main deck strut and a total displacement of 1,900 tons. Reaches maximum speed 25 knots and has a range of 21 days all embarked personnel, whose capacity is 82 people.
As for the weapons, the Avante 1800 has three guns (one of 76 mm, another 25-35 mm and a 12.7 mm), a SAM missile vertical launcher 8 cells, two quadruple launchers of missiles SSM two triple ASW torpedo launchers and two decoy launchers RF & IR 12 tubes.
Venezuela already has the first patrol Avante
The only patrol Avante Navantia has built so far are the four that were delivered to Venezuela in 2011, although the type 2400. They were built in the shipyard of San Fernando and tested in the Bay of Cadiz. The Venezuelan Navy has them operating under the names of ANBV Guaiquerà (PC-21), ANBV Warao (PC-22), ANBV Yecuana (PC-23) and ANBV Kariña (PC-24).
These vessels are used in missions to protect maritime traffic, coastal zone monitoring, search and rescue operations, rapid interventions or health assistance to other ships.
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