1990    

PT Vasco da Gama class

DE MEKO 200 class

Frigate

ships



Frigate Vasco da Gama class





  Specifications


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

helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
PT Portuguese Navy Westland Lynx 12










  Shipyards


DE Blohm + Voss - 1
DE Howaldtswerke - 2



  List of Ships


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1990--PTPortuguese NavyF330NRP Vasco da Gama CTFJ - VG
1991--PTPortuguese NavyF331NRP Alvares CabralCTFK - AC
1992--PTPortuguese NavyF332NRP Corte-RealCTFL - CR



3 units



  Events


1989-feb-02Laid downLaid down PT F330 NRP Vasco da Gama
1989-jun-02Laid downLaid down PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral
1989-jun-26LaunchedLaunched PT F330 NRP Vasco da Gama
1989-oct-20Laid downLaid down PT F332 NRP Corte-Real
1990-may-02LaunchedLaunched PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral
1990-nov-20CommissionedCommissioned PT F330 NRP Vasco da Gama
1991-jan-18CommissionedCommissioned PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral
1991-nov-22LaunchedLaunched PT F332 NRP Corte-Real
1992-feb-01CommissionedCommissioned PT F332 NRP Corte-Real at Praia da Vitoria in the Azores.
1995-janDeploymentDeployment PT F330 NRP Vasco da Gama Operation Sharp Guard Deployed to Adriatic 1995 in support of Op Sharp Guard. Lynx of EHM embarked.
1998-junDeploymentDeployment PT 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-06Port VisitPort Visit PT F332 NRP Corte-Real visited Copenhagen with EHM Lynx Mk.95 19202 embarked
2001-aug-24Port VisitPort Visit PT F332 NRP Corte-Real International Festival of Sea 2001 Present at IFoS Portsmouth.
2005-jun-24DeploymentDeployment PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage
2005-jul-01Port VisitPort Visit PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth
2013-apr-06DeploymentDeployment PT 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-26AircraftAircraft PT 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-junDeploymentDeployment PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral replenishment at sea in late Jun with RFA Fort Victoria off coast of Somalia.
2015-apr-11DeploymentDeployment PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland
2015-octDeploymentDeployment PT F330 NRP Vasco da Gama Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 participated in multi-national NATO Maritime Command exercise, until Nov 2015
2016-feb-29DeploymentDeployment PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Real Thaw 2016 Departed Almada Naval Base to participate in later stages of RT16.
2016-aug-05Port VisitPort Visit PT 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-09DeploymentDeployment PT F331 NRP Alvares Cabral Exercise Joint Warrior 16-2 Participated in Ex JW16-2, as a member of NATO SNMG1
2017-oct-26DeploymentDeployment PT F332 NRP Corte-Real noted in the Azores launching a small amphibious assault RHIB exercise.
2020-oct-17Port VisitPort Visit PT F332 NRP Corte-Real visited HMNB Devonport on completion of JW20-2.
2023-nov-08DeploymentDeployment PT F332 NRP Corte-Real escorted RFS Admiral Grigorovich through Portuguese waters.









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