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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

COASTAL FORCES

CACINE patrol craft (1969 - 1973)

Cacine 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cacine P1140   Arsenal do Alfeite   1968 5.1969 stricken 7.2017
Cunene P1141   Arsenal do Alfeite   1968 6.1969 stricken 2002
Mandovi P1142   Arsenal do Alfeite   1968 1969 discarded 1998
Rovuma P1143   Arsenal do Alfeite   1968 1969 discarded 2000
Cuanza P1144   EN do Mondego   30.5.1969 5.1969 stricken 2018
Geba P1145   EN do Mondego   21.5.1969 5.1970 discarded 2003
Zaire P1146   EN do Mondego   28.11.1970 11.1970 stricken 2019
Zambeze P1147   EN do Mondego   1971 1.1971 stricken 2004
Limpopo P1160   Arsenal do Alfeite   9.4.1973 4.1973 stricken 2004
Save P1161   Arsenal do Alfeite   24.10.1972 5.1973 stricken 2010
   

Displacement standard, t

293

Displacement full, t

310

Length, m

44.0

Breadth, m

7.67

Draught, m

2.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Maybach 12V528 diesels

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 4400(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 32 - 37 RL, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

Kelvin Hughes 975 radar

Complement 33

Project history: Replacing of old PC and Le Fougeux classes.

Modernizations: 1992-1994, all: diesels were replaced by two MTU 12V538 TB80 with same power; - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 1 x 32 - 37 RL, 2 DCR, Kelvin Hughes 975 radar; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, type 1007 radar, 2 RIB

early 2010s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 40/60

Naval service: No significant events.

Cuanza 1979

 

Cuanza 1998

 

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