The ship is propelled by twin Wärtsila 9L32 engines which supply a power of 11,258 horsepower (8,395 kW) for a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[2] The ship was laid down on 21 March 2003 at the Hijos de J. Barreras Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, and was launched on 24 September of that year.

[2] At the end of 2020, the Spanish Navy purchased the ship from Suardiaz for a sum of 7.5 million Euros and renamed it Ysabel.

Ysabel was acquired in order to replace the aging logistics ships El Camino Español and Martín Posadillo which were recently decommissioned.

[3] In February 2023, the ship cruised to the Canary Islands, moving military material between Tenerife and Gran Canaria.