Vasco da Gama class frigate
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The Vasco da Gama class is a class of frigates, of the MEKO 200 PN German concept, and are the major surface ships of the Portuguese Navy. Portugal operates 3 ships of this class, which were built in Kiel by Blohm + Voss and later by HDW, using modular construction techniques.
The project for the construction of 3 frigates of this class was authorized by the Portuguese Government in 1985, five years after the request of the Portuguese Navy for the acquisition of new surface ships.
[edit] Specifications
- Length: 115.90 m
- Beam: 14.80 m
- Draft: 6.2 m
- Displacement: 3200t
- Propulsion: combined diesel or gas (CODOG)
- 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
- 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14MW each
- 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38MW each
- Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Maximum speed:
- with Diesel-engines: 20 knots (37 km/h)
- with Gas-turbines: at least 32 knots (59 km/h)
- Sensors:
- Countermeasures: SRBOC launcher
- Armament:
- 1 100 mm Mod68 CADAM polyvalent artillery piece
- 1 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm Vulcan anti-ship missile defence system
- 2x3 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings
- 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for a maximum of 8 RGM-84 Harpoon
- 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
- Hangar for 2 Super Lynx Mk.95 helicopters
- Complement: 180 total
- 19 officers;
- 40 petty-officers;
- 102 enlisted;
- 13 air crew;
- 6 boarding team.
[edit] Ships
| Pennant | Name | Laid down | Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F330 | Vasco da Gama | 2 February 1989 | Blohm + Voss | 26 June 1989 | 20 November 1990 |
| F331 | Álvares Cabral | 2 June 1989 | HDW | 2 May 1990 | 18 January 1991 |
| F332 | Corte-Real | 20 October 1989 | HDW | November 22, 1991 | February 1, 1992 |
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Vasco da Gama class, Portuguese Navy website
