{"id":54112,"date":"2023-12-04T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=54112"},"modified":"2024-12-04T00:04:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T23:04:33","slug":"the-new-ship-carnota-a-61-of-the-spanish-navy-and-the-galician-origin-of-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/12\/04\/the-new-ship-carnota-a-61-of-the-spanish-navy-and-the-galician-origin-of-its-name\/","title":{"rendered":"The new ship 'Carnota' A-61 of the Spanish Navy and the Galician origin of its name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Spanish Navy held the official handover ceremony of a new ship that will be based at the Ferrol Arsenal.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/11\/30\/photos-of-the-delivery-of-the-submarine-isaac-peral-s-81-to-the-spanish-navy\/\">Photos of the delivery of the submarine 'Isaac Peral' S-81 to the Spanish Navy<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/11\/29\/the-broadcast-of-the-official-delivery-of-the-submarine-isaac-peral-to-the-spanish-navy\/\">The broadcast of the official delivery of the submarine 'Isaac Peral' to the Spanish Navy<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This new unit is <strong>the Multipurpose Ship \"Carnota\" A-61<\/strong>. The ship was launched on August 21, 2013 at the shipyards of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zamakonayards.com\/el-buque-ocean-marlin-ya-esta-listo-para-dar-servicio-en-noruega\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zamakona Yards<\/a> in Pasajes (Guip\u00fazcoa), being baptized as \"Ocean Osprey\". <strong> It was commissioned by the Norwegian shipping company Atlantic Offshore<\/strong>, in order to serve as a supply ship for oil platforms in the North Sea. The same Spanish shipyard built a second identical ship for the Norwegian shipowner, the \"Ocean Marlin\". <strong>Here you can see images of the launching of the \"Ocean Osprey\":<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ocean Osprey launching at Zamakona Yards - Pasaia\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZNtLU0EfOPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During her service as a civilian ship, the Ocean Osprey initially sailed under the flag of Norway, using the radio call sign LAVG8, and later under the flag of the British colony of Gibraltar. , with the callsign ZDSI9. She was homeported in Bergen, Norway, and sported a high-visibility scheme, with a red hull and white superstructure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53375890984_ff9574dab1_o.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In September of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servimedia.es\/noticias\/armada-compra-buque-ocean-osprey-para-misiones-logisticas-remolque-15-millones\/3925848\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Spanish Navy acquired this ship for 14,965,242 euros<\/a>, in order to use it as a multipurpose ship and deep-sea tugboat. <strong> The ship has been adapted for military life by the Metalship & Docks shipyard in Vigo<\/strong>, receiving the classic gray paint of the ships of the Spanish Navy. In this video published two days ago by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jorodmon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorodmon<\/a> we can see <strong>the ship \"Carnota\" with its new decoration arriving at the Ferrol Military Arsenal<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Buque polivalente CARNOTA A61 [4K]\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dzNE-DwddRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This Monday's delivery ceremony was held at the Ferrol Military Arsenal<\/strong>, with the presence of civil and military authorities. Here is the video of the event, published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inaxete\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inaxete<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Buque Multiprop\u00f3sitos Carnota A 61, Ferrol 2023\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fadkwaIkFSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see a series of photos of this event here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53374649922_728a6c8695_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The new ship measures 66.8 meters in length<\/strong>, 16 meters wide, 5.4 m deep and 3.9 m draft. <strong>She has a displacement of 2,284 tons.<\/strong>In addition to her tugboat function, she can also be used as a <strong>rescue ship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53376016300_2d99228b43_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With its delivery, <strong>the \"Carnota\" A-61 is added to the list of ships of the Spanish Navy whose names correspond to place names related to Galicia<\/strong>. The largest of these is the Amphibious Assault Ship \"Galicia\" L-51, which is named after this community. There are also the \"Tambre\" M-33 minehunter, the \"Toralla\" P-81 patrol boat, the \"La Gra\u00f1a\" A-53 deep-sea tugboat and the \"Arosa\" A-72 and \"Aguete\" A-79 sailboats.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53376016240_11bf2ea0b9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The A-61 is named \"Carnota\" in honor of the town of the same name located in the province of La Coru\u00f1a<\/strong>, on the famous Costa de la Muerte. The choice of this name was intended to honor a historical event: <strong>the running aground of the destroyer \"Ariete\" D-36 of the Spanish Navy in that town<\/strong> on February 25, 1966, when it was sailing from Ferrol to Cartagena. The ship was dragged by a strong storm towards the vicinity of Ardeleiro Beach, in Carnota, breaking its hull.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53375749398_b866328d6e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The residents of Carnota did an admirable job of rescuing the destroyer's crew<\/strong>, putting their lives at risk to save the 168 sailors who were sailing on the ship. <strong>In recognition of that heroic rescue, the Carnota City Council received the title of \"Very Humanitarian\"<\/strong> in December of that year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53375749373_be65ce234b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dzNE-DwddRM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorodmon<\/a>. \/ Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zamakonayards\/photos\/pb.100044102233113.-2207520000\/510469785741450\/?type=3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zamakona Yards<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Armada_esp\/status\/1731705630346354769\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armada Espa\u00f1ola<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelGobGalicia\/status\/1731697367278358863\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delegaci\u00f3n del Gobierno en Galicia<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Spanish Navy held the official handover ceremony of a new ship that will be based at the Ferrol Arsenal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11545],"tags":[22663,12468,6064,1805,20687,10669],"class_list":["post-54112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-navy","tag-carnota-class","tag-arsenal-militar-de-ferrol","tag-carnota","tag-galicia","tag-multipurpose-ship-carnota-a-61","tag-spanish-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}