Galician Coast Guard welcomes new patrol boat to fleet

The Coast Guard Service of the Spanish autonomous region of Galicia recently took delivery of a new FRP patrol boat built by local company Rodman Polyships.

Mar de Galicia (“Sea of Galicia”) is specially designed to perform surveillance and fisheries enforcement missions in the coastal waters of its namesake region.

The vessel has an LOA of 40 metres and a hybrid propulsion system consisting of two 1,500kW diesel engines and a 200kW electric motor. This configuration offers various modes of use from 100 per cent electric, wherein the main engines are switched off, to combining electric and conventional propulsion to obtain maximum performance.

The vessel also has space for 12 personnel and can sail at a maximum speed of 27 knots.