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Navantia launches fourth maritime action ship for Spanish Navy

April 01-15, 2011

The San Fernando-Puerto Real Shipyard has recently launched the fourth maritime action ship “Tornado” P-44 for the Spanish Navy. The ship has been christened by Cristina Garmendia, the Spanish Innovation and Technology Minister, with the ceremony also being attended by Carmen Chacón, the Spanish Defence Minister, the Chairman of SEPI, Enrique Martínez Robles, the Chairman of Navantia, Luis Cacho, as well as the Spanish Navy’s highest authority, Admiral Manuel Rebollo García.

The ship is the fourth of an initial series of four that Navantia is building for the Spanish Navy in line with the order signed on July 31, 2006 and which it is going to be followed by a new series of five units. This ship is expected to be delivered by the middle of 2012.