Specifications |
| 180 | crew | ||||||
| 3200 | full load (tn) | ||||||
| 115.90 | length (m) | ||||||
| 14.80 | beam (m) | ||||||
| 6.20 | draught (m) | ||||||
| 4000 | range (nm) | ||||||
| 32 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine diesel - MTU | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500 | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG | ||||||
| 2 | Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon | ||||||
| 1 | Missile Launcher Mk 29 8-cell Sea Sparrow | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Gun Creusot-Loire 100 mm | ||||||
| 1 | Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm | ||||||
| 2 | Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm | ||||||
| 1 | Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar air search radar DA08 | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Radar fire direction radar STIR 180 | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar surface search radar MW08 | ||||||
Aircraft Shipyards |
 Blohm + Voss - | 1 |
| Howaldtswerke - | 2 |
List of Ships |
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| 1990 | -- |  | Portuguese Navy | F330 | NRP Vasco da Gama | CTFJ - VG | |||
| 1991 | -- | | Portuguese Navy | F331 | NRP Alvares Cabral | CTFK - AC | |||
| 1992 | -- | | Portuguese Navy | F332 | NRP Corte-Real | CTFL - CR | |||
Events |
| 1989-feb-02 | Laid down | Laid down F330 NRP Vasco da Gama | |
| 1989-jun-02 | Laid down | Laid down F331 NRP Alvares Cabral | |
| 1989-jun-26 | Launched | Launched F330 NRP Vasco da Gama | |
| 1989-oct-20 | Laid down | Laid down F332 NRP Corte-Real | |
| 1990-may-02 | Launched | Launched F331 NRP Alvares Cabral | |
| 1990-nov-20 | Commissioned | Commissioned F330 NRP Vasco da Gama | |
| 1991-jan-18 | Commissioned | Commissioned F331 NRP Alvares Cabral | |
| 1991-nov-22 | Launched | Launched F332 NRP Corte-Real | |
| 1992-feb-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned F332 NRP Corte-Real at Praia da Vitoria in the Azores. | |
| 1995-jan | Deployment | Deployment F330 NRP Vasco da Gama Operation Sharp Guard Deployed to Adriatic 1995 in support of Op Sharp Guard. Lynx of EHM embarked. | |
| 1998-jun | Deployment | Deployment F330 NRP Vasco da Gama Evacuation from Bissau deployed to Guinea-Bissau after civil war erupted. Assisted in evacuation of c 800 Portuguese nationals and local civilians. Lynx of EHM embarked. | |
| 1999-aug-06 | Port Visit | Port Visit F332 NRP Corte-Real visited Copenhagen with EHM Lynx Mk.95 19202 embarked | |
| 2001-aug-24 | Port Visit | Port Visit F332 NRP Corte-Real International Festival of Sea 2001 Present at IFoS Portsmouth. | |
| 2005-jun-24 | Deployment | Deployment F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage | |
| 2005-jul-01 | Port Visit | Port Visit F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth | |
| 2013-apr-06 | Deployment | Deployment F331 NRP Alvares Cabral 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-26 | Aircraft | Aircraft F331 NRP Alvares Cabral conducted fast-roping insertion excercise with mv Caroline Scan in the Gulf of Aden, with embarked Super Lynx mk.95 19205 . | |
| 2013-jun | Deployment | Deployment F331 NRP Alvares Cabral replenishment at sea in late Jun with RFA Fort Victoria off coast of Somalia. | |
| 2015-apr-11 | Deployment | Deployment F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland | |
| 2015-oct | Deployment | Deployment F330 NRP Vasco da Gama Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 participated in multi-national NATO Maritime Command exercise, until Nov 2015 | |
| 2016-feb-29 | Deployment | Deployment F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Real Thaw 2016 Departed Almada Naval Base to participate in later stages of RT16. | |
| 2016-aug-05 | Port Visit | Port Visit F331 NRP Alvares Cabral weekend visit to Liverpool as part of NATO fleet with embarked Lynx 19201, in company with Spanish Mendez_Nuñez. | |
| 2016-oct-09 | Deployment | Deployment F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Joint Warrior 16-2 Participated in Ex JW16-2, as a member of NATO SNMG1 | |
| 2017-oct-26 | Deployment | Deployment F332 NRP Corte-Real noted in the Azores launching a small amphibious assault RHIB exercise. | |
| 2020-oct-17 | Port Visit | Port Visit F332 NRP Corte-Real visited HMNB Devonport on completion of JW20-2. | |
| 2023-nov-08 | Deployment | Deployment F332 NRP Corte-Real escorted RFS Admiral Grigorovich through Portuguese waters. |
