Baptista de Andrade class

Baptista de Andrade class
NRP Baptista de Andrade (F 486), 1998
Overview
Type	corvette
units	4th
Shipyard	Bazan , Cartagena ( Region of Murcia , Spain)
period of service	from 1974
Technical specifications
displacement	1380  ts (max. 1402)
length	85.0 m
width	10.3 m
Draft	3.10 m
crew	122 men
drive	2 × diesel engine OEW Pielstick 12 Pc2.2 V 400 2 × V2M boiler (12,000 HP) 2 shafts
speed	22  kn
Range	5,500  nm (10,190 km)
Armament	1 × 100 mm Creusot-Loire rapid fire gun, two 40 mm Bofors L / 70 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes for Mk.46

The Baptista de Andrade class is a class of four corvettes in the Portuguese Navy . They have been in service since the mid-1970s. The units still in service are now used as patrol boats.

history

The four ships were originally intended for South Africa . In the course of the arms embargo against South Africa, Portugal had to take over the ships itself. All ships were built at Empresa National Bazaan in southern Spain. The communication systems were modernized between 1988 and 1991. Another planned modernization program, which included the installation of surface-to-surface missiles and anti-aircraft missiles , was discontinued in 1998 for cost reasons.

The anti-submarine equipment was expanded between 1999 and 2001. Since then, the ships have served as patrol boats for sovereign affairs, SAR , fisheries protection and humanitarian missions.

The "Oliveira e Carmo" was sunk in spring 2012 as the first of a total of four retired ships of the Portuguese Navy off Portimão ( Algarve ) in the planned underwater museum "Ocean Revival" as a diving spot after all pollutants had been removed from the ship.

technology

The main armament is a Creusot Loire 100 mm cannon. For air defense, the gun has an elevation range of up to 80 °. The rate of fire is 80 rounds per minute at a range of 9  nm (17 km). The torpedo tubes used are designed for the use of the American lightweight torpedo Mark 46 and are used for anti-submarine defense.

units

All ships are based in Lisbon , they were named after officers of the Portuguese naval forces from the time before the First World War .

Identifier	Surname	Keel laying	Launch	put into service	decommissioned	Whereabouts
F 486	NRP Baptista de Andrade	1st September 1972	March 13, 1973	19th November 1974	March 30, 2007	reserve
F 487	NRP João Roby	1st September 1972	3rd June 1973	March 18, 1975		active
F 488	NRP Afonso Cerqueira	March 10, 1973	October 6, 1973	June 28, 1975	March 11, 2015	Sunk in 2018
F 489	NRP Oliveira e Carmo		February 1974	February 1976	1999	off-duty

With the arrival of the patrol boats of the Viana do Castelo class , the remaining ships (like the João Coutinho class ) will be decommissioned by the end of the second decade of the 21st century.

literature

• Robert Jackson: Destroyers, Frigates and Corvettes. Gondromverlag, Bindlach 2001, ISBN 3-8112-1873-5 .

Web links

Commons : Baptista-de-Andrade class  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Journal Algarve; Portimão sinks war fleet  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2012