The new BAM-IS is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's ageing salvage and rescue ship Neptuno (pictured). (Spanish Navy)

Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named Poseidon , at its yard in Puerto Real on the south coast of the Bay of Cádiz on 3 July.

The new vessel is based on the Spanish Navy's Meteoro-class BAM offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but adapted for underwater rescue operations.

It is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's rescue vessel Neptuno , which was built in the 1970s and is fast approaching the end of its service life.

After receiving government approval to go ahead with the EUR200 million (USD219.4 million) project in July 2020, Navantia awarded a contract to Ghenova in November 2021 for the engineering development of the BAM-IS, and the initial design was subsequently assessed and approved by JFD to ensure that it would be able to conduct rescue missions.

The new BAM-IS is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's ageing salvage and rescue ship Neptuno (pictured). (Spanish Navy)

Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named Poseidon , at its yard in Puerto Real on the south coast of the Bay of Cádiz on 3 July.

The new vessel is based on the Spanish Navy's Meteoro-class BAM offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but adapted for underwater rescue operations.

It is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's rescue vessel Neptuno , which was built in the 1970s and is fast approaching the end of its service life.

After receiving government approval to go ahead with the EUR200 million (USD219.4 million) project in July 2020, Navantia awarded a contract to Ghenova in November 2021 for the engineering development of the BAM-IS, and the initial design was subsequently assessed and approved by JFD to ensure that it would be able to conduct rescue missions.

The new BAM-IS is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's ageing salvage and rescue ship Neptuno (pictured). (Spanish Navy)

Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named Poseidon , at its yard in Puerto Real on the south coast of the Bay of Cádiz on 3 July.

The new vessel is based on the Spanish Navy's Meteoro-class BAM offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but adapted for underwater rescue operations.

It is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's rescue vessel Neptuno , which was built in the 1970s and is fast approaching the end of its service life.

After receiving government approval to go ahead with the EUR200 million (USD219.4 million) project in July 2020, Navantia awarded a contract to Ghenova in November 2021 for the engineering development of the BAM-IS, and the initial design was subsequently assessed and approved by JFD to ensure that it would be able to conduct rescue missions.

The new BAM-IS is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's ageing salvage and rescue ship Neptuno (pictured). (Spanish Navy)

Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named Poseidon , at its yard in Puerto Real on the south coast of the Bay of Cádiz on 3 July.

The new vessel is based on the Spanish Navy's Meteoro-class BAM offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but adapted for underwater rescue operations.

It is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's rescue vessel Neptuno , which was built in the 1970s and is fast approaching the end of its service life.

After receiving government approval to go ahead with the EUR200 million (USD219.4 million) project in July 2020, Navantia awarded a contract to Ghenova in November 2021 for the engineering development of the BAM-IS, and the initial design was subsequently assessed and approved by JFD to ensure that it would be able to conduct rescue missions.

The new BAM-IS is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's ageing salvage and rescue ship Neptuno (pictured). (Spanish Navy)

Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named Poseidon , at its yard in Puerto Real on the south coast of the Bay of Cádiz on 3 July.

The new vessel is based on the Spanish Navy's Meteoro-class BAM offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but adapted for underwater rescue operations.

It is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's rescue vessel Neptuno , which was built in the 1970s and is fast approaching the end of its service life.

After receiving government approval to go ahead with the EUR200 million (USD219.4 million) project in July 2020, Navantia awarded a contract to Ghenova in November 2021 for the engineering development of the BAM-IS, and the initial design was subsequently assessed and approved by JFD to ensure that it would be able to conduct rescue missions.

The new BAM-IS is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's ageing salvage and rescue ship Neptuno (pictured). (Spanish Navy)

Navantia staged a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy's new submarine rescue ship (Buque de Acción Marítima Intervención Subacuática: BAM-IS), to be named Poseidon , at its yard in Puerto Real on the south coast of the Bay of Cádiz on 3 July.

The new vessel is based on the Spanish Navy's Meteoro-class BAM offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) but adapted for underwater rescue operations.

It is intended to replace the Spanish Navy's rescue vessel Neptuno , which was built in the 1970s and is fast approaching the end of its service life.

After receiving government approval to go ahead with the EUR200 million (USD219.4 million) project in July 2020, Navantia awarded a contract to Ghenova in November 2021 for the engineering development of the BAM-IS, and the initial design was subsequently assessed and approved by JFD to ensure that it would be able to conduct rescue missions.