João Coutinho 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| António Enes | F471 | Bazán, Cartagena, Spain | 10.4.1968 | 16.8.1969 | 18.6.1971 | stricken 2015 | |
| João Coutinho | F475 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany | 24.12.1968 | 2.5.1969 | 7.3.1970 | stricken 8.2014 | |
| Jacinto Cândido | F476 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany | 10.2.1968 | 16.6.1969 | 10.6.1970 | stricken 2015 | |
| General Pereira d'Eça | F477 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany | 21.4.1969 | 26.7.1969 | 10.10.1970 | retired 2009 | |
| Augusto Castilho | F478 | Bazán, Cartagena, Spain | 15.10.1968 | 5.7.1969 | 14.11.1970 | retired 2004 | |
| Honório Barreto | F485 | Bazán, Cartagena, Spain | 20.2.1968 | 11.4.1970 | 15.4.1971 | retired 2003 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1252 |
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Displacement full, t |
1401 |
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Length, m |
81.00 pp 84.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.3 |
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Draught, m |
3.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 OEW-Pielstick 12PC2 V280 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
10560 |
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Max speed, kts |
24.4 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
5000(18) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, helicopter deck for light helicopter |
| Military load | 34 marines |
| Electronic equipment | MLA-1B, Decca TM626, SPG-34 radars, QCU-2 sonar |
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Complement |
93 |
Project history: Design of Blohm & Voss. They were relatively cheap ad sparsely equipped light frigates, which could be acquired by Portugal in sufficient numbers to replace the old second-class sloops, corvettes and gunboats. Their chief function until 1975 was patrolling off Portuguese colonies.
Modernizations: 1987, all: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, MLA-1B, Decca TM626 radars, QCU-2 sonar; + Kelvin-Hughes surface search radar, Decca RM1226C radar
1994, all: - SPG-34 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Jacinto Cândido 1978
António Enes 1994
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