Diogo Gomes 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Diogo Gomes (ex-Awe) | 1956- F331 | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK | 5/1943 | 28.12.1943 | 4.1944 // 5.1949 | auxiliary 10.1968 | |
| Nuno Tristão (ex-Avon) | 1956- F332 | Hill, Bristol, UK | 1/1943 | 19.6.1943 | 9.1943 // 5.1949 | discarded 1970 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1310 - 1460 |
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Displacement full, t |
1920 - 2180 |
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Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.61 - 3.89 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 646 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 CP Mk XXIII, 6 x 1 - 40/60 Mk VII, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar |
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Complement |
140 |
Project history: Former British 'River' class frigates.
Modernizations: 1959, both: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, type 144 sonar; + 2 x 3 - 305 Squid MK 4 ASWRL (between fore 102mm gun and the bridge, gun was moved fwd), type 147 sonar
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015