Baptista de Andrade class
Baptista de Andrade class | |
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NRP Baptista de Andrade (F 486), 1998 |
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Overview | |
Type | corvette |
units | 4th |
Shipyard |
Bazan , Cartagena |
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 |
speed |
22 kn |
Range |
5,500 nm (10,190 km) |
Armament |
1 × 100 mm Creusot-Loire rapid fire gun, |
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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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