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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

COASTAL FORCES

MAIO patrol craft (1954-1958)

Maio 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Maio (ex-Funchal) P587   A C Dubigeon, Nantes, France   27.9.1954 1954 discarded 1975
Porto Santo P588   A C Normand, Le Havre, France   9.2.1955 1955 discarded 1974
São Nicolau P589   A C Normand, Le Havre, France   7.6.1955 1955 discarded 1975
Brava P590   ENVC, Viana do Castelo   2.5.1956 12.1956 discarded 1975
Fogo P591   ENVC, Viana do Castelo   2.5.1956 1956 discarded 1975
Boavista P592   EN do Mondego   10.7.1956 5.1957 discarded 1975
Santo Antão P593   Arsenal do Alfeite   8.6.1956 1957 discarded 1971
Santa Luzia P594   Arsenal do Alfeite   17.1.1957 10.1958 discarded 1975
   

Displacement standard, t

366

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

53.1

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

3.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 SEMT-Pielstick diesels

Power, h. p.

3240

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 3000(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

Decca radar, DUBA-2 sonar

Complement 62

Project history: French Le Fougueux design, built in France and Portugal under MDAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

São Nicolau 1973

 

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