Navantia: Press Releases
Navantia Offers Guests Chance to Visit Shipyard
Navantia, one of the world's largest shipbuilding companies, is providing a limited number of guests the chance to visit their shipyard in Cartagena on Friday, 1 June, following UDT...
Navantia and Veercraft Marine Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Navantia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South African ship building company, Veercraft Marine, to take part in the construction of offshore patrol vessels and inshore...
Navantia Commissions OPV for the Spanish Navy
Navantia has commissioned the naval ship BAM 'Relámpago' for the Spanish Navy, in a ceremony presided by Pedro Morenés, the minister of...
Navantia Prepares Spanish Navy’s Fifth Frigate for Sea Trials
On 9 January, the F-100 class frigate 'Cristóbal Colón', under construction in Navantia for the Spanish Navy, left the shipyard dry dock after a period of dry docking for hull and...
First Maritime Action Ship (BAM) on Her Last Sea Trials
The first unit of Maritime Action Ship (BAM), P-41 'Meteoro', for the Spanish Navy has successfully finalised the last sea trials, prior to her commissioning on July 28. These sea trials have...
The LHD 'Juan Carlos I', Built by Navantia, Arrives in Istanbul
On May 29, the Spanish Navy's ship, LHD 'Juan Carlos I', arrived in Istanbul for a stopover during her first resistance voyage, which started on May 2. The aim of this cruise around...
Navantia Launches Fourth OPV (BAM) for Spanish Navy
Navantia has launched the fourth maritime action ship 'Tornado' P-44 for the Spanish Navy. The ship has been christened by Cristina Garmendia, the Spanish Innovation and Technology Minister,...
Navantia Launches First Australian LHD
Navantia has launched, at the Ferrol facilities, the first amphibious ship for the Royal Australian Navy in the presence of the ship's sponsor, Mrs. Vickie Coates. The Chief of the Royal...
Navantia Delivers Frigate F-314 'Thor Heyerdahl' to the Royal Norwegian Navy
On 18 January 2011, Navantia commissioned the frigate F-314 'Thor Heyerdahl' to the Royal Norwegian Navy. The ceremony, which took place at the Fene-Ferrol shipyard, has been attended by...
Navantia Launches Fifth Frigate for the Spanish Navy
Navantia is proud to announce the launch of another frigate for the Spanish Navy. The frigate, named 'Cristóbal Colón', is the fifth that Navantia has built for the Spanish Navy since...
Navantia Commissions LHD Juan Carlos I to the Spanish Navy
On 30 September, Navantia commissioned the LHD Juan Carlos I to the Spanish Navy at Ferrol Arsenal. The King of Spain has presided the official reception ceremony of this amphibious ship, which...
Navantia and Lockheed Martin Agree to Collaborate on New Opportunities
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia and global security leader Lockheed Martin today signed a memorandum of agreement to explore new market opportunities in surface ships, submarines, naval systems...
Successful Sea Trials of Juan Carlos I LHD for the Spanish Navy
From 24 May to 2 June in the waters off Ferrol in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsular, Navantia carried out the sea trials of the LHD class Juan Carlos I (L-61) that the company is...
Navantia Launches and Commissions Two OPVs to Venezuelan Navy
Navantia has launched the third of four economic zone patrol boats (PVOZEE), named Yekuana and christened by Lorena López de Toro, at the San Fernando-Puerto Real shipyard. This ship is...
Navantia Cuts Steel for the Second LHD for the Australian Navy
Navantia has recently started the construction of the second of two LHDs for the Australian Navy, which will be named Adelaide, by cutting the first steel. The cut of steel started on 2...
Navantia Holds Ceremony Marking Start of Work on S-84 Submarine
On 19 January, a ceremony was held at Navantia's Cartagena shipyard to mark the start of work on the S-84 submarine. Although work had already commenced during the last quarter of 2009, the aim...
Navantia Delivers Submarine Tun Razak to Malaysia
Navantia has handed over the Tun Razak Scorpene submarine to the Royal Malaysian Navy on 5 November. It is the second submarine built for Malaysia by the Navantia-DCNS consortium under a...
Navantia Christens Second Patrol Boat fo Surveillance of the Exclusive Economic Zone (POVZEE) by the Venezuelan
On 26th. October, Navantia christened the second of four ocean-going patrol boats for surveillance of the exclusive economic zone (POVZEE) at the company’s Puerto Real facility. The ship has...
Navantia Launches First Maritime Action Ship for Spanish Navy
The San Fernando-Puerto Real Shipyard has launched the first maritime action ship Meteoro P-41 for the Spanish Navy. Spanish Economics and Treasury Minister Elena Salgado Méndez...
Navantia Delivers Frigate F-313 Helge Ingstad to Royal Norwegian Navy
Norway has received the fourth frigate in a series of five ordered from Navantia in 2000. Navantia handed the frigate F-313 Helge Ingstad over to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 29 September in...
Navantia Lays Keel for the First LHD for Australia
Navantia has laid the keel for the LHD Canberra on 23 September at the Ferrol shipyard. The ship, similar to the Spanish Navy's LHD Juan Carlos I, is the first of two commissioned by Australia...
