Cameroon: Navy Receives New Spanish Patrol Vessels
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Cameroon’s Navy has taken delivery of two new Spanish patrol boats and a landing craft, providing a major boost to the country in safeguarding its maritime domain.
The Navy has commissioned the Spanish manufactured, 23 meter Aresa 2300 landing craft and two 24 meter Aresa 2400 CPV Defender patrol boats.
iHLS – Israel Homeland Security
The Spanish shipbuilding group has worked extensively with Cameroon, supplying a sizeable number of vessels to its Navy, which has 12 Aresa boats in service. This figure includes six Aresa 750 Commandos RIBs delivered last August, five 1200 Stealth RIBs and one 1200 Defcon RIB – delivered in May 2013. Further deliveries will take place in February when two 32 meter patrol boats will be delivered.
Standard equipment on ARESA 2400 CPV Defender includes an X-band surveillance/navigation radar and electro-optical sensor system for day and night surveillance, optional armor, mounts for 12.7 mm and 20 mm guns and an Aresa 550 Commandos RIB.
