Viana do Castelo class

Viana do Castelo class

NRP Viana do Castelo in 2009

Ship data country  Portugal Ship type Ocean patrol boat Shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo West Sea Estaleiros Navais Units built 4 (plus 6 planned) period of service Since 2011

Ship dimensions and crew length 83.1 m ( Lüa ) width 12.95 m Draft Max. 3.69 m displacement 1850  t   crew 35 (plus space for 32 more)

Machine system machine 2 × diesel motors ( 3,900 kW) 2 × electric motors (200 kW) Top speed 20 kn (37 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 1 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin 2 × 7.62-mm machine guns Sensors 2 × KH Manta 2000 navigation radar 1 × Sagem Vigy optronics system

The Viana do Castelo class is a class of so far four deep sea patrol boats of the Portuguese Navy .

General

The Viana do Castelo- class boats are procured under the Navio de Patrulha Oceânica 2000 (NPO2000) program. They replace the corvettes of the João Coutinho and Baptista de Andrade classes from the 1960s and 70s .

The first unit - the NRP Viana do Castelo - entered service in March 2011 after several years of delay. Followed by November 2013, July 2018 and February 2019 for the next three units. On July 20, 2018, the Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announced an additional order for six boats for 60 million euros each .

The boats will be built at the Viana do Castelo- based Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) shipyard, which after privatization now operates as West Sea Estaleiros Navais .

units

The ships are based in Lisbon , they were named after localities.

Identifier	Surname	Shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning
1. Construction lot
P 360	NRP Viana do Castelo	Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo , Viana do Castelo	2003	October 1, 2005	March 30, 2011
P 361	NRP Figueira da Foz		2003	October 1, 2005	November 25, 2013
2. Construction lot
P 362	NRP Sines	West Sea - Estaleiros Navais , Viana do Castelo	2015	May 3, 2017	6th July 2018
P 363	NRP Setúbal		2015	13th September 2017	February 6, 2019
3. Construction lot
P 364	NRP Funchal	West Sea - Estaleiros Navais, Viana do Castelo
P 366	NRP Aveiro
P 365
P 367
P 368
P 369

technology

Hull and drive

The hull of a Viana do Castelo class boat is 83.1 meters long, 12.95 meters wide and has a draft of 3.69 meters with a maximum displacement of 1,850 tons . It is powered by two 3,900 kW strong Wärtsilä diesel engines and two 200 kW electric motors . The power is delivered to two shafts with one screw each . The top speed is 20 knots (37 km / h ).

Armament

The armament consists of a 30 mm Marlin cannon from Oto Melara and two 7.62 mm machine guns . Furthermore, it is possible via two delivery rails mines of the type Mk. 55 Mod. 2 to place. When commissioned, the NRP Viana do Castelo had a 40-mm Bofors in caliber length L / 60 instead of the 30-mm gun .

Web links

Commons : Viana-do-Castelo class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• NRP Viana do Castelo on the website of the Portuguese Navy (port.)
• NRP Figueira da Foz on the website of the Portuguese Navy (port.)
• Viana do Castelo class on Areamilitar.net (port.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Costa anuncia mais sete novos Navios para a Marinha. In: jn.pt. July 20, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 (Portuguese). 
2. ^ Third Viana Do Castelo-class OPV launched for Portuguese Navy. In: navaltoday.com. May 4, 2017, accessed February 12, 2019 . 
3. ^ Victor Barreira: Portuguese Navy inducts third OPV. Jane's Information Group , February 7, 2019, accessed February 10, 2019 . 
4. ^ West Sea Shipyards launches Portuguese Navy Viana do Castelo-class OPV 'Setubal'. In: navaltoday.com. September 15, 2017, accessed February 12, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Fourth Viana do Castelo-class OPV enters Portuguese Navy service. In: navaltoday.com. July 12, 2018, accessed February 10, 2019 .