Spanish patrol vessel Rayo

For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship Rayo.
Rayo (P-42)
History
Spain
NameRayo
Ordered31 July 2006
BuilderNAVANTIA
Cost€166.74m (US$224m)[1]
Laid down3 September 2009
Launched18 May 2010
Commissioned26 October 2011
DecommissionedIn active service
HomeportLas Palmas Naval Base
Identificationpennant number: P-42
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and typeMeteoro class BAM
Displacement2860 tons full load
Length93.9 metres (308 ft)
Beam14.2 metres (47 ft)
Draft4.2 metres (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 diesel engines
  • 4 groups diesel generators
  • 2 electric motors propellers
  • 1 Emergency generator
  • Located 2 cross bow thruster
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Complement46 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 carried1 × NH-90

Rayo (P-42) is the second ship of the Meteoro class, a new kind of offshore patrol vessel created for the Spanish Navy and called BAMs.

  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. ^ Official Web of the Spanish Navy