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Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat

{{Short description|Class of offshore patrol vessels in the Venezuelan Navy}}

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|Builders= Navantia, Cádiz, San Fernando Yard

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| Ship type = Patrol vessel

| Ship displacement = 1,453 tons standard displacement, 1,720 tons full load

| Ship length = {{convert|79.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|11.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (max.){{cite web|title=Navantia Avante 1400 patrol ship|url=http://www.navantia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/BVL(1).pdf|publisher=Navantia|accessdate=13 July 2013}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = *CODAD, 4 × MTU 12V-1163-TB93 rated at 4440 kW each

  • 2 × shaft with Wärtsilä 5C09 controllable pitch propeller{{cite web|url=http://www.wartsila.com/Wartsila/global/docs/en/ship_power/segments/navy/propulsion-solutions-for-OPVs.pdf|title=Wartsila Propulsion Solutions for OPVs|access-date=14 August 2009|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927182042/http://www.wartsila.com/Wartsila/global/docs/en/ship_power/segments/navy/propulsion-solutions-for-OPVs.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| Ship speed = {{convert|22|kn}}

| Ship range = {{convert|4000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn}}

| Ship complement = 34 + 30

| Ship sensors = *Surface Search radar: Thales VARIANT, I - G band

  • Fire Control radar: Thales STING EO, I - K band with TV/IR/Laser
  • Electro-Optics: Thales MIRADOR

| Ship armament = *Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (A position)

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| Ship aircraft = AB212, AB412 and AS565

| Ship aircraft facilities = Landing pad

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The Guaicamacuto-class patrol boats (Avante 1400) is a class of offshore patrol vessels or BVL ({{langx|es|Buque de Vigilancia de Litoral}}) in Venezuelan Navy service for patrol duty in economic exclusive zone. A contract for four BVLs and four POVZEE was signed together on 25 November 2005. Since 2014 the Spanish Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has been investigating the €42m "commission" paid to some of those involved.{{cite news | url=https://elpais.com/economia/2014/07/27/actualidad/1406492220_155728.html | title=El macrocontrato de Navantia en Venezuela tropieza por los avales | newspaper=El Pais | first=Miguel | last=Ángel Noceda | date=28 July 2014 | language=Spanish}}

The final vessel of the class was to have been named after Tamanaco, a 16th-century tribal leader, but in 2013 GC-24 was renamed Comandante eterno Hugo Chávez after the death of the then president. GC-24 was laid down in 2008 under the supervision of Navantia at the Venezuelan National Dams and Shipyards (DIANCA) in Puerto Cabello, was launched in 2014 and began sea trials in April 2018, but Navantia pulled out of Venezuela in January 2019 before trials were complete.{{cite news | url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/01/28/actualidad/1548699378_893143.html | title=España retira su apoyo al buque de guerra ‘Comandante Eterno Hugo Chávez’ | newspaper=El Pais | first=Miguel | last=Gonzalez | date=29 January 2019 | language=Spanish}}

Ships of class

class="wikitable"
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! Builder

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! Fate

Guaicamacuto

| GC-21

| rowspan="3" |Navantia, Spain

| 16 October 2008

| 2 March 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/warship/navantia/press8.html|title=Navantia Launches and Commissions Two OPVs to Venezuelan Navy|access-date=5 March 2010|archive-date=25 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825094403/http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/warship/navantia/press8.html|url-status=dead}}

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Yaviré

| GC-22

| 11 March 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Navy-International-2009/Navantia-launches-second-OPV-for-Venezuela.html|title=Navantia launches second OPV for Venezuela}}

| 29 January 2011

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{{ship|Venezuelan patrol boat|Naiguatá2}}

| GC-23

| 24 June 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2009/Navantia-launches-first-Venezuelan-OPV.html|title=Navantia launches first Venezuelan OPV}}

| 1 March 2011

| Sunk after ramming an unarmed civilian vessel

Comandante eterno Hugo Chávez

| GC-24

| DIANCA, Puerto Cabello

| 2014{{update after|2023|5|29}}

| {{cn|date=May 2023}}

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{{ship|Venezuelan patrol boat|Naiguatá||2}} sunk after ramming the cruise ship {{ship||RCGS Resolute}} on 30 March 2020 in an apparent attempt to seize it.{{cite web|title=Venezuelan Navy boat rams German cruise ship and sinks |url=https://www.dw.com/en/venezuelan-navy-boat-rams-german-cruise-ship-and-sinks/a-53002237 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=20 April 2020 |date=3 April 2020}}{{cite report |url=http://www.gama.mm.gov.pt/images/Relatorios_Tecnicos/2020-065_RCGS_RESOLUTE.pdf |title=Relatório de Investigação Técnica / Investigation report |language=pt |publisher=Gabinete de Investigação de Acidentes Marítimos e da Autoridade para a Meteorologia Aeronáutica (GAMA) |date=6 April 2020 |access-date=10 April 2020 }}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.deagel.com/Corvettes-and-Missile-Boats/Guaicamacuto_a002301001.aspx Deagel BVL]

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Category:Ships of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela