Diogo Cão 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Diogo Cão (ex-Formoe) | F333 | Federal, Newark, USA | 1/1944 | 2.4.1944 | 10/1944 // 7.2.1957 | discarded 11.1968 | |
| Corte Real (ex-McCoy Reynolds) | F334 | Federal, Newark, USA | 11/1943 | 22.2.1944 | 5/1944 // 7.2.1957 | discarded 10.1968 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1430 |
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Displacement full, t |
1811 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.3 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Corte Real: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers Diogo Cão: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
12000 |
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Max speed, kts |
23 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 347 - 348 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4650(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100) |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, SPS-10 radars, QGA sonar |
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Complement |
156 |
Project history: Former USN 'WGT' class destroyer escorts, rated as frigates in Portuguese navy.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015