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BARTOLOMEU DIAS frigates (1994/2009-2010)

Bartolomeu Dias 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bartolomeu Dias (ex-Van Nes) F333   De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 10.1.1990 16.5.1992 2.6.1994 // 16.1.2009 in service (2019)
Dom Francisco de Almeida (ex-Van Galen) F334   De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 7.6.1990 21.11.1992 1.12.1994 // 15.1.2010 in service (2019)
   

Displacement standard, t

2800

Displacement full, t

3320

Length, m

114.4 pp 122.3 oa

Breadth, m

13.1 wl 14.4 oa

Draught, m

4.30 hull 6.20 sonar

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 Roll-Royce Spey RM1C gas turbines / 2 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä 12SW280 V12 diesels

Power, h. p.

48900 / 9800

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(18)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A/C), 1 x 16 Sea Sparrow SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-7M), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 1 x 7 - 30/87 Goalkeeper, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 46 Mod.5), 1 helicopter (Super Lynx Mk 95)

Electronic equipment

Decca 1690/9, Scout, SMART-S, LW-08, 2x STIR 1.8, Goalkeeper radars, LR-IRSCAN e/o system, PHS-36(HSA), Anaconda (provision for) sonars, AR-700, 2x APECS II ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO VIIB CCS

Complement

164

Project history: Van Nes was transferred 1.12.2008 followed by Van Galen 1.11.2009. Originally known as "M" (Karel Doorman) class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Dom Francisco de Almeida 2009

 

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