Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat
Introduction The '''''Guaicamacuto''-class patrol boats''' (Avante 1400) is a class of offshore patrol vessels or BVL () in Venezuelan Navy service for patrol duty in economic exclusive zone. A contract for four BVLs and four POVZEE was signed together on 25 November 2005.Since 2014 the Spanish Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has been investigating the €42m "commission" paid to some of those involved. The final vessel of the class was to have been named after Tamanaco, a 16th-century tribal leader, but in 2013 GC-24 was renamed ''Comandante eterno Hugo Chávez'' after the death of the then president. GC-24 was laid down in 2008 under the supervision of Navantia at the Venezuelan National Dams and Shipyards (DIANCA) in Puerto Cabello, was launched in 2014 and began sea trials in April 2018, but Navantia pulled out of Venezuela in January 2019 before trials were complete.
Ships of class  Name Pennant Builder Launched Commissioned Fate ''Guaicamacuto'' GC-21Navantia, Spain 16 October 2008 2 March 2010  ''Yaviré''  GC-22 11 March 2009  29 January 2011  GC-23 24 June 2009 1 March 2011 Sunk after ramming an unarmed civilian vessel ''Comandante eterno Hugo Chávez'' GC-24 DIANCA, Puerto Cabello 2014  sunk after ramming the cruise ship  on 30 March 2020 in an apparent attempt to seize it.
See also * ''Viana do Castelo''-class patrol vessel
References
External links *  Deagel BVL