This is a list of various Portuguese warships:
Historical battleships[]
Carracks (C) and galleons (G)[]
- São Gabriel (C) - 1497
- São Rafael (C) - 1497
- Flor de la mar (C) - 1502
- Lobo Soares (c.1516)
- Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai (C) - 1520
- São João Baptista (aka Botafogo) (G) - (c. 1534)
- São Paulo - Wrecked 1561?
- Águia - Sank 1559
- Garça - Sank 1559
- Cinco Chagas (1560/61)
- São Martinho (G) - Flagship of the "Invincible Armada" in 1588
- São Mateus (c. 1580)
- São Cristóvão (c. 1581)
- São Filipe (c. 1583)
- São Luís (c. 1585)
- São Marcos (c. 1585)
- Santiago (c. 1585)
- São João (c. 1586)
- São Bernardo (c. 1586)
- Relíquias (C) - Sank 1587
- São Tomé - Wrecked 1589
- Madre de Deus (C) - Captured by England 1592
- Santo Alberto - Wrecked 1593
- Chagas - Sank 1594
- Santiago - Captured by the Netherlands 1602
- Santo António (G) - In 1615 fleet to India
- Santo Amaro - Wrecked 1620
- Nossa Senhora de Conceição (C) (1620) - Burnt by Algerines 1621
- Santo Alberto (C) - Sank before 1622
- São João Baptista (c. 1621) - Sank 1622
- Santa Teresa de Jesus - Wrecked 1622
- São Carlos - Wrecked 1622
- São José - Wrecked 1622
- São Francisco Xavier (C) - Flagship of 1623 fleet to India, wrecked 1625
- Santa Isabel (C) - In 1623 fleet to India, storm 1624
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição (C) - In 1623 fleet to India, scuttled after damage 1625
- Santo André (G) - In 1623 fleet to India
- Misericórdia (G) - In 1623 fleet to India
- São Simão (G) - In 1623 fleet to India, storm 1624
- Nossa Senhora da Guia - Wrecked 1624
- São Pedro (G)
- São João 366
- Cinco Chagas (C) (c. 1623) - In 1624 fleet to India
- Nossa Senhora da Quietação (C) (c. 1623) - In 1624 fleet to India
- São João (G) - In 1624 fleet to India
- Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição (C/G)
- Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
- Nossa Senhora da Saúde (C)
- Nossa Senhora de Belém - Sank 1635
- Bom Jesus (G) 64/70 (1636)
- Santa Teresa (G) (c. 1637) - Burnt at the Battle of the Downs, 1639
- São Sebastião 54 - Burnt 1639
- Sacramento - Sank 1647
- Nossa Senhora da Atalaia - Sank 1647
- São Pedro da Ribeira (G)
- Padre Eterno (G) (1663)
- Santo António de Tana 54 - Sank 1698
Sail battleships (ships of the line)[]
- Princesa do Céu (c. 1700) - Discarded 1718?
- Nossa Senhora de Bettencourt (c. 1700) - Discarded 1701?
- Nossa Senhora do Vale (c. 1701) - Discarded 1701?
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição 80 (c. 1701) - Discarded 1724?
- Nossa Senhora da Assunção 66 (c. 1705) - Discarded 1731?
- Nossa Senhora das Portas do Céu de Rosette (c. 1706) - Discarded 1708?
- São Jorge, Nossa Senhora das Necessidades 66 (c. 1708) - Discarded 1737?
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição (c. 1710) - Discarded 1712?
- Santa Ana e São Joaquim (c. 1711) - Discarded 1718?
- Nossa Senhora da Piedade 66 (c. 1711) - Discarded 1725?
- Nossa Senhora das Angústias (c. 1713) - Discarded 1713?
- Nossa Senhora da Palma e São Pedro (c. 1715) - Discarded 1729?
- Nossa Senhora do Pilar, o Padre Eterno 70 (c. 1715) - Discarded 1740?
- Santa Rosa 66 (c. 1716) - Burnt 1726
- Rainha dos Anjos 54-56 (c. 1716) - Burnt 1722
- São Lourenço 58 (c. 1716) - Discarded 1734?
- Nossa Senhora da Luz 66 (probably ex-Dutch Daalhem or Prins Friso 64, acquired 1717) - Discarded 1720?
- Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo 74 (probably ex-Dutch Zeelandia or Gelderland 72, acquired 1717) - Discarded 1724?
- Nossa Senhora do Cabo e São Pedro de Alcântara 72 (probably ex-Dutch Zeelandia or Gelderland 72, acquired 1717) - Captured by pirates 1721
- Nossa Senhora da Guia 66 (probably ex-Dutch Daalhem or Prins Friso 64, acquired 1717) - Discarded 1719?
- Nossa Senhora da Penha de França 70 (c. 1717) - Discarded 1730?
- Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus e São João Evangelista 66 (c. 1717) - Discarded 1734?
- Nossa Senhora da Atalaia 52 (c. 1719) - Discarded 1733?
- Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus e São Francisco Xavier (c. 1720) - Discarded 1732?
- Nossa Senhora da Vitória 64 (c. 1720) - Burnt 1730
- Nossa Senhora da Oliveira 50-52 (c. 1721) - Discarded 1737?
- Nossa Senhora da Nazaré 50 (c. 1721) - BU 1741
- Nossa Senhora do Rosário 50 (c. 1723) - Discarded 1740?
- Nossa Senhora do Livramento e São Francisco Xavier 66 (c. 1723) - Discarded 1735?
- Nossa Senhora do Livramento 66 (c. 1724)
- Santo António 64-74 (c. 1724) - Discarded 1725?
- Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem (c. 1724) - Discarded 1728?
- Nossa Senhora das Ondas 58 (c. 1724) - Discarded 1738?
- Santa Teresa de Jesus 66 (c. 1724) - Discarded 1735?
- Nossa Senhora da Lampadosa 50/64 (c. 1727) - Burnt 1759?
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e Santo António 70? (c. 1728) - Discarded 1734?
- Nossa Senhora da Estrela 64 (c. 1729) - Discarded 1736?
- Nossa Senhora do Rosário e Santo André 58 (c. 1732) - Burnt 1737
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição 74 (c. 1733) - Discarded 1745?
- Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem 60 (c. 1734) - Discarded 1752?
- Nossa Senhora da Vitória 74 (c. 1735) - Aground 1746
- Nossa Senhora da Esperança 70 (c. 1735) - Discarded 1742?
- Nossa Senhora da Arrábida 60-62 (c. 1736) - BU 1744?
- Nossa Senhora da Glória 72-74 (c. 1737) - Sunk 1752
- Nossa Senhora da Oliveira de Guimarães 52-60 (c. 1737) - Discarded 1747?
- Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso 50 (c. 1738) - Discarded 1745?
- Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo 46 (c. 1738) - Discarded 1747?
- Nossa Senhora da Penha de França 56 (c. 1739) - Discarded 1750?
- Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (c. 1740) - Wrecked? 1740?
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São João Baptista (c. 1740) - Sold 1745
- Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus e Santo António 64 (c. 1740) - Discarded 1749?
- São João Baptista (c. 1741) - Discarded 1747? (ex-British?)
- São Francisco Xavier e Todo o Bem 50 (c. 1741) - Burnt and BU 1757
- Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Nossa Senhora das Mercês) (c. 1742) - Discarded 1754?
- Nossa Senhora da Caridade e São Francisco de Paula (c. 1744) - Discarded 1755?
- Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia (c. 1744) - Discarded 1754?
- Nossa Senhora da Nazaré 60 (c. 1744) - Discarded 1755?
- Nossa Senhora das Necessidades 70 (c. 1747) - Discarded 1764?
- Nossa Senhora do Vencimento e São José 58 (c. 1748) - Discarded 1764?
- São José e Nossa Senhora da Conceição 60-72 (c. 1748) - Discarded 1767?
- Nossa Senhora do Livramento e São José 60 (c. 1749) - Discarded 1762?
- Nossa Senhora das Brotas 50 (c. 1751) - Discarded 1765?
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São José 60-72 (c. 1751) - Discarded 1763?
- Nossa Senhora da Natividade 50 (c. 1752) - Discarded 1766?
- Santo António e Justiça (c. 1752) - Discarded 1766?
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Vicente Ferreira 50 (c. 1755) - Discarded 1764?
- Nossa Senhora da Assunção 64-66 (c. 1757) - Discarded 1762?
- Nossa Senhora da Caridade, São Francisco de Paula e Santo António (c. 1757) - Sold 1788
- Nossa Senhora da Ajuda e São Pedro de Alcântara 62-68 (c. 1759) - Rebuilt 1793 and renamed as Princesa da Beira, sold 1834
- Santo António 60 (c. 1760)
- Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo 74 (c. 1760) - Wrecked 1774
- São José e Nossa Senhora das Mercês 54/64 (c. 1761) - Wrecked 1793/94
- Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus e São José 62-64 (c. 1761) - Discarded 1780?
- Nossa Senhora do Pilar 74 (c. 1763) - Rebuilt 1793 and renamed Conde Dom Henrique, to Brazil 1822
- Santo António e São José 64-74 (c. 1763) - Rebuilt 1794 and renamed Infante Dom Pedro, rebuilt 1806 and renamed Martim de Freitas, renamed Dom Pedro I 1822, to Brazil 1822
- Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso 64-72 (c. 1766) - Rebuilt 1800 and renamed Dom João de Castro, to Brazil 1822
- Nossa Senhora de Belém e São José 54 (c. 1766) - BU 1805
- São Sebastião 64 (c. 1767) - BU 1832
- Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres 62-64 (c. 1767) - Rebuilt and renamed Afonso de Albuquerque 1796/97, to Brazil 1822
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição 80-90 (c. 1771) - Rebuilt and renamed Príncipe Real 1794, to Brazil 1822
- Santo Agostinho 72 (ex-Spanish San Agustin 74, captured 1776/77) - Returned 1777
- Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo 68-74 (c. 1786) - Rebuilt and renamed Medusa 1793, to Brazil 1822?
- Coração de Jesus 72-74 (c. 1789) - Rebuilt, renamed Maria I 1793, captured by France 1807, returned c. 1809, wrecked 1810
- Rainha de Portugal 74 (c. 1791) - Rebuilt and renamed Cabo de São Vicente 1833, discarded 1848?
- Vasco da Gama 74-80 (c. 1792) - To Brazil 1822
- Príncipe do Brazil 74 (c. 1802) - BU 1826?
- Dom João Sexto 74 (c. 1816) - Renamed Nossa Senhora dos Mártires e de São João, Príncipe Regente, BU 1852
- Vasco da Gama 74-80 (c. 1841) - Discarded 1873?
- Assunção 66/70
- São Sebastião 74
- Santa Teresa 50 - renamed Thetis
- Santo António 70
- Golfinho 44
- Amazónia 50
- Pérola 44
- Tritão 44
Steam battleships[]
1807 Fleet[]
The following is a list of the Portuguese warships which were lying in the Tagus River, Lisbon, when Lord St Vincent was there in September 1806:
Ship | Guns | State |
Príncipe Real | 84 | Lower masts rigged, and the lower yards are across. |
Príncipe do Brazil | 84 | |
Rainha de Portugal | 74 | |
Afonso de Albuquerque | 74 | Lower masts rigged, top-masts up, and down the lower masts, jib-booms on the bowsprit, cables bent to the spare anchors: appear to have their ballast on board. |
Princesa da Beira | 64 | |
Infante Dom Pedro | 74 | |
Medusa | 74 | |
Belém | 64 | |
D. Maria I | 74 | |
São Sebastião* | 74 | |
Name unknown | 74 | |
Name unknown | 74 | |
Santo António | 70 | In dock 7 years and 3 months |
Príncipe Regente | 74 | Building |
Teresa | 50 | Lower masts rigged, and jib-boom on the bowsprit; just caulked |
Golfinho | 44 | |
Amazónia | 50 | |
Pérola | 50 | Lower masts rigged, and the topmasts up, and down the masts; anchors on board, and one cable bent |
Active | 36 | |
Princesa de Abiena | 36 | |
Andorinha | 32 | |
Vénus | 36 | Repairing, and preparing to heave down |
Ulisses | 36 | |
Real Fonsor | 28 | Just repairing, and fitting |
BoaVentura | 16 | Caulking |
Serpente | 22 | Lower masts rigged; anchors and cables on board |
Diligente | 22 | |
Gaivota | 22 | |
Real Fonza | 16 | |
Fereta (schooner) | 8 | Fitting for sea (new) |
Benjamim | 22 | Corvette (French) |
Tritão | 44 | Lower masts rigged, topmasts and spars on board; just caulked |
N.B. One 74-gun ship sailed the latter end of August, and Rainha de Portugal arrived. These ships, in general, were said to be in good repair; and as to construction, equal, if not superior to the British.
Source: Nautical Chronicle, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 229–330, The Maritime History Virtual Archives
1900/2010 commissions[]
The following is a list of the Portuguese warships by type commissioned between 1900 and 2010
# | Ship name | Commission | State | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Corvettes[] | ||||
A524 | Carvalho Araújo | 1959–1975 | British Flower Class corvette; used as an hydrographic survey vessel; ex-HMS Chrysanthemum, ex-FFL Commandant Drogou, ex-Terje X | |
Bengo | 1948-1948 | Canadian Flower Class corvette ex-HMCS Whitby. Transferred to Mozambique as a pilot tender with the same name. Fate unknown. | ||
A527 | Almeida Carvalho | 1950–1971 | Converted British Bangor class minesweeper used as an hydrographic survey vessel; ex-HMCS Fort York | |
F470 | Cacheu | 1965–1974 | Converted British Bangor class minesweeper; ex-HMCS Caraquet, ex-NRP Almirante Lacerda | |
F471 | António Enes | 1971- | In service | |
F475 | João Coutinho | 1970- | In service | |
F476 | Jacinto Cândido | 1970- | In service | |
F477 | General Pereira d'Eça | 1970- | In service | |
F484 | Augusto Castilho | 1970–2003 | Decommissioned | |
F485 | Honório Barreto | 1971–2002 | Decommissioned | |
F486 | Baptista de Andrade | 1974- | In service, first one of the four corvettes of the Baptista de Andrade class; | |
F487 | João Roby | 1975- | In service | |
F488 | Afonso Cerqueira | 1975- | In service | |
F489 | Oliveira e Carmo | 1975–2001 | Decommissioned, Sank as an Artificial Reef October 30, 2012 | |
Destroyers[] | ||||
T | Tejo | 1904–1927 | Sunk at March 1927 | |
L | Liz | 1914-1914 | Transferred to the Royal Navy (31-5-1915) and was renamed HMS Arno; sunk in the same year by collision with a battleship | |
G | Guadiana | 1913–1934 | ||
D | Douro | 1914–1931 | ||
TA | Tamega | 1922–1945 | ||
V | Vouga | 1920–1931 | Sunk at March 1931 | |
D334 (ex V) | Vouga | 1933–1967 | ||
D333 (ex L) | Lima | 1933–1965 | ||
D331 (ex D) | Dão | 1935–1960 | ||
D335 (ex T) | Tejo | 1935–1965 | ||
D332 (ex DR) | Douro | 1936–1959 | ||
Frigates[] | ||||
F332 | Nuno Tristão | 1945–1970 | British River class frigate; ex-HMS Avon; Scrapped | |
F331 | Diogo Gomes | 1949–1968 | British River class frigate; ex-HMS Awe; Scrapped | |
F333 | Diogo Cão | 1957–1968 | American destroyer escort of John C. Butler class, classified as frigate; ex-USS Formoe (DE-509); Scrapped | |
F334 | Corte Real | 1957–1968 | American destroyer escort of John C. Butler class, classified as frigate; ex-USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440); Scrapped | |
F335; DE 1032(US) | Pêro Escobar | 1957–1975 | Ordered and bought by the United States for Portugal; Scrapped | |
F336 | Álvares Cabral | 1959–1971 | British Bay class frigate; ex-HMS Burghead Bay; Scrapped | |
F337 | Pacheco Pereira | 1959–1970 | British Bay class frigate; ex-HMS Bigbury Bay; Scrapped | |
F479 | Dom Francisco de Almeida | 1961–1970 | British Bay class frigate; ex-HMS Morecambe Bay; Scrapped | |
F478 | Vasco da Gama | 1961–1971 | British Bay class frigate; ex-HMS Mounts Bay; Scrapped | |
F472; DE 1039 | Almirante Pereira da Silva | 1963–1989 | Although officially decommissioned only in 1989, it was inoperative from the early 1980s; Scrapped at Alhos Vedros | |
F473 | Almirante Gago Coutinho | 1967–1989 | Although officially decommissioned only in 1989, it was inoperative since the early 1980s; Scrapped at Alhos Vedros | |
F474 | Almirante Magalhães Correia | 1968–1989 | Operative until mid-1980s, although very seldom used; Scrapped at Alhos Vedros | |
F480 | Comandante João Belo | 1966–2008 | Sold to Uruguay and officially transf. April 2008, as ROU-1 Uruguay, in service Uruguayan Navy | |
F482 | Comandante Roberto Ivens | 1968–1998 | Collided in 1995 with the Canadian AOR PRESERVER; Wrecked; Scrapped at Alhos Vedros | |
F481 | Comandante Hermenegildo Capelo | 1968–2004 | Decommissioned April 2004; Moored at the Lisbon Naval Base; Being Prepared as an Artificial Reef 2013. | |
F483 | Comandante Sacadura Cabral | 1969–2008 | Sold to Uruguay and officially transf. April 2008, as ROU-2 Cte Pedro Campbell, in service Uruguayan Navy | |
F330 | Vasco da Gama | 1991- | In service | |
F331 | Álvares Cabral | 1991- | In service | |
F332 | Corte Real | 1992- | In service | |
F333 | Bartolomeu Dias | 2009- | In service | |
F334 | Dom Francisco de Almeida | 2010- | In service | |
Patrol boats[] | ||||
P-1140 | Cacine | 1969- | In service | |
P-1141 | Cunene | Scrapped | ||
P-1142 | Mandovi | Scrapped | ||
P-1143 | Rovuma | Scrapped | ||
P-1144 | Cuanza | 1970- | In service | |
P-1145 | Geba | Sunk in missile exercise 2008 | ||
P-1146 | Zaire | 1971- | In service | |
P-1147 | Zambeze | Sank as an Artificial Reef October 30, 2012 | ||
P-1160 | Limpopo | Sunk in a missile exercise 2005 | ||
P-1161 | Save | 1973-2010 | Decommissioned, Moored at the Lisbon Naval Base, to be Scrapped | |
P-360 | Viana do Castelo | 2011- | In service | |
Submarines[] | ||||
E | Espadarte | 1913–1928 | ||
F | Foca | 1917–1934 | ||
G | Golfinho | 1917–1934 | ||
H | Hidra | 1917–1935 | ||
D | Delfim | 1934–1950 | ||
D | Espadarte | 1935–1950 | ||
G | Golfinho | 1935–1950 | ||
S160 | Narval | 1948–1969 | British S-class submarine; ex-HMS Spur; Scraped | |
S161 | Nautilo | 1948–1969 | British S-class submarine; ex-HMS Saga; Scraped | |
S162 | Neptuno | 1948–1967 | British S-class submarine; ex-HMS Spearhead; Scraped | |
S163 | Albacora | 1967–2000 | Moored at Lisbon Naval Base and used for spare parts (canibalization.)Scrap in 2011 in Alhos Vedros shipyard | |
S164 | Barracuda | 1968–2010 | Decommissioned in 2010 to be converted to a museum ship, will be placed at Almada in 2013 | |
S165 | Cachalote | 1968–1975 | Sold to Pakistan in 1975, renamed "Ghazi" | |
S166 | Delfim II | 1969–2005 | Converted to a museum ship, will be placed at Viana do Castelo, in 2008? | |
S160 | Tridente | 2010- | In service | |
S161 | Arpão | 2010- | In service | |
Torpedo boats[] | ||||
1 | Nº1 | 1881–1929 | ||
2 | Nº2 | 1986-1921 | ||
3 | Nº3 | 1986-1921 | ||
4 | Nº4 | 1986-1921 | ||
A | Ave | 1921–1940 | Ex. "86 F L" of the Austro-Hungary, given attributed to Portugal as payment for World War I | |
L | Liz | 1921–1934 | Ex. "90 F L" of the Austro-Hungary, given attributed to Portugal as payment for World War I | |
S | Sado | 1921–1940 | Ex. "89 F L" of the Austro-Hungary, given attributed to Portugal as payment for World War I | |
M | Mondego | 1921–1938 | Ex. "91 F M" of the Austro-Hungary, given attributed to Portugal as payment for World War I | |
C | Cávado | 1921-1921 | Ex. "88 F C" of the Austro-Hungary, given attributed to Portugal as payment for World War I; Sank on the Moroccan coast while being towed by the NRP "Patrão Lopes" | |
Z | Zêzere | 1921-1921 | Ex. "85 F Z" of the Austro-Hungary, given attributed to Portugal as payment for World War I; Sank on the Moroccan coast while being towed by the NRP "Patrão Lopes" | |
# | Ship name | Commission | State |
Future Developments[]
The following is a list of the ships that are under construction or that will be transferred to the Portuguese Navy:
- 1 Viana do Castelo class patrol vessel under construction by ENVC (Portugal).
- 1 Amphibious transport dock vessel expected to be built between 2012–2014, unknown design.
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
The original article can be found at List of ships of the Portuguese Navy and the edit history here.