Vasco da Gama class

MEKO 200 class
Frigate
ships

1990

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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

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1989-feb-2	Laid down	F330 NRP Vasco da Gama
1989-jun-2	Laid down	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral
1989-jun-26	Launched	F330 NRP Vasco da Gama
1989-oct-20	Laid down	F332 NRP Corte-Real
1990-may-2	Launched	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral
1990-nov-20	Commissioned	F330 NRP Vasco da Gama
1991-jan-18	Commissioned	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral
1991-nov-22	Launched	F332 NRP Corte-Real
1992-feb-1	Commissioned	F332 NRP Corte-Real at Praia da Vitoria in the Azores.
1999-aug-6	Port Visit	F332 NRP Corte-Real visited Copenhagen with EHM Lynx Mk.95 19202 embarked
2005-jun-24	Deployment	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage
2005-jul-1	Port Visit	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth
2015-apr-11	Deployment	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland
2015-oct	Deployment	F330 NRP Vasco da Gama Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 participated in multi-national NATO Maritime Command exercise, until Nov 2015
2016-aug-5	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-9	Deployment	F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Joint Warrior 16-2 Participated in Ex JW16-2, as a member of NATO SNMG1
2020-oct-17	Port Visit	F332 NRP Corte-Real visited HMNB Devonport on completion of JW20-2.