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Navy Receives Another Spanish-Built Patrol Boat

November 16 2010

Venezuela

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has delivered the second of four Guaicamacuto-class patrol boats to the Venezuelan navy at its San Fernando shipyard, reports defense-aerospace.com.

The Yavire, which was launched on March 11, 2009 and delivered Nov. 8, 2010, is designed for a variety of missions, including surveillance, coastal protection, firefighting, pollution control, search and rescue and surface warfare.

The new ship is 262 ft 2 in (79.9 m) long, displaces 1,453 tons and...

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