The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, presented last July in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the Heroínas de Sálvora, the largest, most modern and versatile vessel in the fleet of the Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima (SASEMAR). This vessel is specially designed to operate with drones and has required an investment of 53.6 million euros.

The Heroínas de Sálvora will be based at the coordination centre in the port of Las Palmas. Built by the Zamakona shipyard in Santurce (Vizcaya), it is 82.35 m long and 18 m wide, with a gross tonnage of 3,996 GT and an installed power of 14,860 kW. It is equipped with a flight deck for drones of up to 9 m and a hangar with capacity for two of these aircraft. It also has a hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system and an Onshore Power Supply (OPS) to reduce emissions while docked in port.

Its crew is composed of 16 people, although it has a special area for special operations, with capacity for another 24 technicians.

The new vessel has joined the fleet operating in the Canary Islands, which is made up of ten Salvamar type rescue vessels and four Guardamar type rescue patrol boats, of the total of five currently operating in Spain.

In the words of the minister, Óscar Puente, during the presentation, ‘this is a multipurpose vessel that encompasses the functions entrusted to SASEMAR: search and rescue in shipwrecks, towing damaged vessels, extinguishing fires on ships and combating polluting spills at sea’.

The minister was accompanied, among others, by the director general of the Merchant Navy, Gustavo Santana, and the director of Maritime Rescue, José Luis García Lena.

News and image obtained: "Asociación de Navieros Españoles"

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