NRP Álvares Cabral

The Vasco da Gama class is a class of frigates, of the MEKO^® 200 PN German concept, and are the major surface ships of the Portuguese Navy. Portugal operates 3 ships of this class, that were built in Kiel by Blohm + Voss and later by HDW, using modular construction techniques. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2256x1500, 2355 KB) The Portugese frigate NRP Alvares Cabral (F 331) participates in a exercise with USS Enterprise (CVN 65). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2256x1500, 2355 KB) The Portugese frigate NRP Alvares Cabral (F 331) participates in a exercise with USS Enterprise (CVN 65). ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... Bold textIn shipbuilding, MEKO refers to a family of warships developed by the German company Blohm + Voss. ... Military branches: Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, National Republican Guard Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,534,872 (2000 est. ... On April 5, 1877, Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss founded the Blohm & Voss Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik shipbuilding and engineering works as a general partnership. ... view on HDW-shipyard at Kiel Howaldtswerke is a German shipyard founded 1838 in Kiel at the Bay of Kiel of the Baltic Sea. ...

The project for the construction of 3 frigates of this class was authorized by the Portuguese Government in 1985, five years after the request of the Portuguese Navy for the acquisition of new surface ships. This article is about the year. ...

Specifications

• Length: 115.90m
• Beam: 14.80m
• Draft: 6.2m
• Displacement: 3200t
• Propulsion: combined diesel or gas
  • 2 propeller shafts, controllable pitch propellers
  • 2 MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines, 8.14MW each
  • 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 38MW each
  • Range: 4000 nautical miles at 18kts
  • Maximum speed:
    • with Diesel-engines: 20kts
    • with Gas-turbines: +32kts
• Sensors:
  • 1 Thales DA08 air search D band radar
  • 1 Thales MW08 air/surface search F band radar
  • 2 Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar
  • 1 SQS510 hull mounted sonar
  • 1 APECS II/700 ESM
• Countermeasures: SRBOC launcher
• Armament:
  • 1 100mm Mod68 CADAM polyvalent artillery piece
  • 1 Phalanx CIWS 20mm Vulcan anti-ship missile defence system
  • 2x3 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings
  • 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for a maximum of 8 AGM-84 Harpoon
  • 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
• Hangar for 2 Super Lynx Mk.95 helicopters
• Complement: 167 (including air crew of 13)

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Ships

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External links

• Vasco da Gama class, Portuguese Navy website (in portuguese)