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Guaicamacuto

Guaicamacuto

Patrol Boats
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Basic Information
Name
Guaicamacuto
Designation
Guaicamacuto
Alternate Designation
Buque de Vigilancia Litoral (BVL)
Equipment Type
Patrol Boats
Manufacturer
Navantia, Dianca
Date of Introduction
2010
Description

The Buque de Vigilancia Litoral (BVL) or Littoral Surveillance Vessel is a four ships class being built by Navantia at its San Fernando-Puerto Real shipyard for the Navy of Venezuela. The lead ship, named Guaicamacuto, was laid down on October 16, 2008. The Guaicamacuto-class ships have been designed to conduct surveillance and protection missions in the littoral environment, sea lanes protection, disaster relief, marine environmental protection, personnel and equipment transportation, search and rescue, divers support, anti-smuggling, anti-surface warfare (ASuW) and electronic warfare (EW) missions. These ships are provided with small and medium-caliber guns and an aft flight deck for operation of a rotary-wing aircraft. On November 28, 2008, Venezuela and Spain signed the procurement contract for four BVL and four POVZEE vessels to be delivered between August 2009 and 2011.

Naval & Littoral Specifications
Displacement 1453.00 tonnes
Beam 11.50 m
Draft 3.70 m
Max Speed 22.0 knots
Overview (Deagel)
Group Patrol Boats
Status Active
Also Known As Buque de Vigilancia Litoral (BVL)
Origin Spain
Contractors Navantia*, Dianca
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) March 2, 2010
Total Production 4
Specifications (Deagel)
Dimensions — Beam 11.5 meter
Dimensions — Draft 3.7 meter
Dimensions — Length 79.9 meter
Mass — Full Displacement 1,453 ton
Speed — Top Speed 22 knot
Details
Country of Origin Spain
Classification
Domain
Naval & Littoral
Equipment Status
Active
Dimensions
Length
79.9 m
Width
11.5 m
Height
Weight
1453000 kg
Operators (1)
Venezuela
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