Cantabria A-15

Cantabria class - AO - Support Ship

IMO:	9517604
MMSI:	225383000
Flight Deck:
Call Sign:	EBAS
Shipyard:	Navantia

Events

History of Cantabria A-15

2005-may	Ordered	Ordered Construction of CSS Cantabria authorised by Council of Ministers.
2007-jul-18	Laid down	Laid down
2008-jul-21	Launched	Launched Navantia in Puerto Real
2009-oct	Trials	Trials
2010-jul-29		Rota Naval Base delivered to Armada Española at Rota on 29 Jul 2010.
2010-sep-29	Commissioned	Commissioned
2011-jun		Full operational assessment concluded and joined the fleet.
2013-feb-13	Port Visit	Port Visit Port of Melbourne visited Melbourne as first stop on an extended deployment of secondment to the Royal Australian Navy
2013-feb-20	Homeport	Homeport Fleet Base East, Sydney, during her secondment to Royal Australian Navy
2013-jul-15	Deployment	Deployment Coral Sea Talisman Saber 2013
2013-oct-03	Port Visit	Port Visit HMAS Kuttabul IFR 2013 International Fleet Review Sydney 2013 Present at 100th anniversary of the RAN Fleet Review
2015-aug-28	NEWS	Santa Maria Frigate Returns After Active Endeavour
2015-oct	Deployment	Deployment West Mediterranean Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 participated in multi-national NATO Maritime Command exercise, until Nov 2015
2016-jan-27	Port Visit	Port Visit Royal Victoria Dock weekend visit to the Royal Docks, departed 31 Jan
2016-feb-05	Port Visit	Port Visit Amsterdam Harbour Vlothaven embarked Sea King HS.9-7
2016-mar-03	Deployment	Deployment Cold Response 2016 Part of SNMG1, to Norway for Cold Response 16
2016-sep	Deployment	Deployment Ferrol Naval Base SNMG2 departed Ferrol to join NATO SNMG2 for 3 month Mediterranean depoyment. Returned to Ferrol 15 Dec.
2016-oct-09	Deployment	Deployment North Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 16-2 Participated in Ex JW16-2