Meteoro, the Spanish Navy’s first Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM) amphibious action ship has successfully completed its sea trials. The goal of these trials, which took place on July 17 and 18, was to test the ship’s navigation and combat systems, and to evaluate its noise level.

Meteoro, which was launched on October 16, 2009, is a medium-sized vessel offering high performance, substantial multirole capability, a high degree of commonality with other Spanish Navy ships, and reduced acquisition costs.

Its principal missions are escort and protection of other ships, monitoring of maritime traffic, anti-terrorism, counter-piracy, anti-drug and anti-human smuggles operations, as well as search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and enforcement of fisheries, environmental and anti-pollution regulations.