Template:Class box Vasco da Gama frigate

Álvares Cabral (F330)

[edit] Vasco da Gama class frigate

• Builders:  Germany
• Type: Multi-role frigate
• Displacement: 3,200 tons
• Armament: 100 mm Mod68 CADAM polyvalent artillery piece, 1 Phalanx CIWS, 2x3 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes, 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon, 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
• Powerplant: 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
• Speed: 32 knots
• Ships in class: 3
• Operator:  Portuguese Navy
• Commissioned: 19 January 1991
• Fate: In active service