Spanish Navy – Auxiliaries and Other ships

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Replenishment and Resupply

Cantabria A-15 (2010) LOA 571′ / 174 m TDISP 19,500 tonsCantabria A-15 Ferrol 2015Patiño A-14 (1995) LOA 545′ / 166.1 m TDISP 17,000 tonsPatiño A-14 halifax 2016Patiño A-14 Ferrol 2014

Attack Transports

Aragon L-22 ex-USS Francis Marion APA-249 Paul Revere Class LOA 564′ TDISP 17,000 tons a variant of the C4-S-1A MARAD hull, formerly SS Prairie Mariner (1954). (USN service 1961-1980, transferred to Spain as Aragon L-22, served 1980 ca. 2002 when scrapped, had served as a hulk at UOE Special Operations)

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USS Francis Marion APA-249 underway 1961. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Aragon-USS Francis Marion Cadiz 2002

Sail Training

Juan Sebastián de Elcano class sail training ship LOA 371′ / 113 m TDISP 3,700 tons (2 built)

Juan Sebastián de Elcano (1928) LOA 371′ TDISP 3,700 tons

Elcano Spanish Sail trainer
Library and Archives Canada / Department of National Defence HS-61219

Juan Sebastián de Elcano Sail Training Cadiz 2016Esmeralda (1954), built in Spain using original plans of Juan Sebastián de Elcano, purchased by the Chile and currently in use as a sail trainer for Chilean NavyEsmeralda Sail Valparaiso 2017