On Friday morning the Navantia San Fernando Shipyard has carried out the keel laying milestone of the offshore patrol vessel that the company is building for the Royal Moroccan Navy.
The event, which has been held as a working act, was attended by the major coronel of the Moroccan Navy, Mohammed Sallouh, who has been received by the president of Navantia, Ricardo Domínguez; the Operations and Business director, Gonzalo Mateo-Guerrero, and the director of the Corvette and BAM Business, Alberto Cervantes.
The keel laying has happened in the harrow number three of the San Fernando Shipyard. The placing of the block on the harrow, with the help of cranes, marks the beginning of the construction on the harrow where the ship begins to take shape, while the production of the next blocks continues. This event was attended by the members of the Navantia working team.
The patrol vessel, that will the number 565 construction of Navantia San Fernando, will have a length of 87 metres and an overall width of 13 metres, and will host a crew of 60 people on board. Its construction will involve for the shipyard and the collaborating industry more than one million hours of work.
Last January, Navantia San Fernando received the visit of the highest representative of the Royal Moroccan Navy, Rear Admiral Mohamed Tahin, Royal Navy Inspector, who supervised the construction works of the patrol vessel after its start in July 2023.
The construction of this patrol vessel for Morocco also includes a technical-logistical support package (spare parts, tools and technical documentation), including technical training services for the Royal Moroccan Navy in Spain.
The patrol vessel is a solution that ensures long periods of deployment at sea with very low operating and life-cycle costs. To this end, the design of its systems aims to maintain operability, maintainability and reliability with a reduced crew.
