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The Government delegate, Rafael González Tovar, and Colonel Chief of the 5 th Area Guardia Civil, Benjamin Martin Mora, presented this morning the new patrol boat that has the Maritime Service of the said body and is based in Cartagena.

The patrol "Guadalentín River" is 20'5 and 4'90 meters wide, with a backbone of 2.5 and 0.90 of the draft.

It is equipped with two 12-cylinder engines in Man V, with a power of 1,100 hp each, and used as a propulsion system two Hamilton waterjets, which allows a cruising speed of 22 knots and a maximum of 30.

Its fuel tanks have a capacity of 6,900 liters, giving it a range of 600 nautical miles, for example, she should go and return to Algeria twice without refueling.

The new boat of the Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil has a staff of five persons and is equipped with all necessary means to carry out the tasks entrusted to it.

It also has an auxiliary inflatable boat 4.5 meters carrying a 30-hp motor.

During his visit to the port of Cartagena to bring this ship, the government delegate stressed that it "represents a significant improvement in the material of the Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil on the coast of Murcia" and stressed the important role of agents assigned to the same place daily.

Tovar Gonzalez recalled that in the surveillance of the Spanish coast, the same service works not only in coordination with other units of the Guardia Civil (SIVE, helicopters, ground patrols, etc..), But also Customs Enforcement and the National Body Police, and that "this work has been aborted many drug caches and seized large quantities of cannabis resin."

The Government delegate also stressed "the humanitarian work that the Meritorious Service provided throughout the year, helping people in need" and has been reported that also in this work coordination is important not only within the Civil Guard itself, but also it with other government organs as Salvage, or nongovernmental organizations such as Red Cross.

Among these are rescue - as pointed González Tovar - those of "numerous illegal immigrants who were sometimes in difficult situations, many miles from the coast, with their boats damaged engine and the sea in pretty bad state. "

Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia