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ALMIRANTE PEREIRA DA SILVA frigates (1966-1968)

Almirante Gago Coutinho 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Almirante Pereira da Silva F472   Lisnave, Lisboa 14.6.1962 2.12.1963 20.12.1966 stricken 1989
Almirante Gago Coutinho F473   Lisnave, Lisboa 2.12.1963 13.8.1965 29.11.1967 stricken 1989
Almirante Magalhães Correia F474   ENVC, Viana do Castello 30.8.1963 26.4.1965 4.11.1968 stricken 1989
  

Displacement standard, t

1314

Displacement full, t

1877

Length, m

93.9 wl 96.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Power, h. p.

20000

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

oil 400

Endurance, nm(kts) 6000(12)

Armament

2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 4 - 375 Bofors ASWRL

Electronic equipment

F472: MLA-1B, type 978, SPG-34, Decca RM316P radars, SQS-30, SQA-10A, DUBS-3A sonars

F473: MLA-1B, type 978, SPG-34, Decca RM316P radars, SQS-31, SQA-10A, DUBS-3A sonars

F474: MLA-1B, type 978, SPG-34, Decca RM316P radars, SQS-32, SQA-10A, DUBS-3A sonars

Complement

166

Project history: USN Dealy design with different armament and sensors. Built under MDAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Almirante Magalhães Correia 1980

 

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