1991 to present    

F331 NRP Alvares Cabral

PT Portuguese Navy





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Flight Deck: AC
Call Sign: CTFK
Shipyard: Howaldtswerke





  Events


History of PT NRP Alvares Cabral F331

1989-jun-02Laid downLaid down
1990-may-02LaunchedLaunched
1991-jan-18CommissionedCommissioned
2005-jun-24DeploymentDeployment Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage
2005-jul-01Port VisitPort Visit Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth
2013-apr-06DeploymentDeployment DJ Djibouti Port Operation Atalanta Flagship of EUNAVFOR in the Horn of Africa, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean until early Aug. Relieved in Djibouti by HNLMS Johan De Witt on 6 Aug. Returned to Lisbon NB on 21 Aug.
2013-apr-26AircraftAircraft Gulf of Aden Operation Atalanta conducted fast-roping insertion excercise with mv Caroline Scan in the Gulf of Aden, with embarked Super Lynx mk.95 19205 .
2013-junDeploymentDeployment Operation Atalanta replenishment at sea in late Jun with RFA Fort Victoria off coast of Somalia.
2015-apr-11DeploymentDeployment UK North Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland
2016-feb-29DeploymentDeployment Base Naval de Lisboa Exercise Real Thaw 2016 Departed Almada Naval Base to participate in later stages of RT16.
2016-aug-05Port VisitPort Visit UK Cruise Terminal Liverpool weekend visit to Liverpool as part of NATO fleet with embarked Lynx 19201, in company with Spanish Mendez_Nuñez.
2016-oct-09DeploymentDeployment UK North Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 16-2 Participated in Ex JW16-2, as a member of NATO SNMG1



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  Specifications


Vasco da Gama class
180crew
3200full load (tn)
115.90length (m)
14.80beam (m)
6.20draught (m)
4000range (nm)
32max speed (knots)

2Naval Engine diesel - MTU
2Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
2Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG

2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon
1Missile Launcher Mk 29 8-cell Sea Sparrow

1Naval Gun Creusot-Loire 100 mm
1Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm
1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC

1Naval Radar air search radar DA08
2Naval Radar fire direction radar STIR 180
1Naval Radar surface search radar MW08

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