The Spanish Navy logistics ship Ysabel will be transporting the military equipment to Ukraine.

Militarnyi informs about this.

During his visit to Kyiv, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine.

This regards 200 tons of ammunition, materials, trucks, and vehicles. The volume of aid is twice as big as the previous batch.

This time, the cargo will be delivered not by plane to Poland, but by sea onboard the logistics ship Ysabel, which is part of the Spanish Navy, infodefensa.com informs.

The final destination port is not named.

Ysabel (А-06)

Ysabel (A-06) has been used by the Spanish Military since June 2021.

Prior to that, the Ministry of Defense bought this used vessel from the Suardiaz Group for 7.5 million euros.

Its length is 149.38 meters, the beam is 21 meters, the depth is seven meters, the maximum draft is 5.85 meters. Its displacement at full load is 16,361 tons. The ship has two Wärtsila 9L32 engines with 11,258 horsepower on two axles.

The maximum speed is 17 knots with a range of 24 days.

The transfer of weapons to Ukraine is the vessel’s first mission in foreign operations.

The capacity of the vessel is 4973 linear meters with a load of light vehicles or 2062 linear meters of light vehicles and 1288 meters of heavy vehicles.

The ship has six loading stations for vehicles, one of which is a mobile deck for the other cargo and the personnel supporting it.

Ysabel’s main mission is to provide logistics to Spanish army units in the Canary and Balearic archipelagos and in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, as well as troops securing Spanish sovereignty in Veles de la Gomera, Algusemas, and Chafarinas.

The vessel is also responsible for transporting materials for deployment abroad in Turkey or Lebanon, and for training in other countries in which Spain participates.