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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

COASTAL FORCES

ARGOS patrols (1963-1965)

Argos 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lira P361   EN do Viana do Castelo     6.1964 to Angola 9.1975
Orion P362   EN do Viana do Castelo     10.1964 to Angola 9.1975
Argos P372   Arsenal do Alfeite     6.1963 to Angola 5.1975
Cassiopeia P373   Arsenal do Alfeite     1.1964 stricken 9.1974
Dragão P374   Arsenal do Alfeite     7.1963 to Angola 5.1975
Escorpião P375   Arsenal do Alfeite     8.1963 to Angola 9.1975
Hidra P376   Arsenal do Alfeite     4.1964 to Angola 5.1975
Pegaso P379   Arsenal do Alfeite     10.1963 to Angola 10.1975
Centauro P1130   EN do Viana do Castelo     4.1965 to Angola 9.1975
Sagitário P1131   EN do Viana do Castelo     9.1965 stricken 9.1974

Displacement standard, t

180

Displacement full, t

210

Length, m

40.0 pp 41.7 oa

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Maybach diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil 16

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

24

Project history: Colonial patrol boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Dragão 1973

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