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NRP Vasco da Gama (F330)

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HMCS HALIFAX Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE (21866127803)
NRP Vasco da Gama during Exercise NATO Trident Juncture.
Career (Portugal)
Namesake: Vasco da Gama
Builder: Blohm + Voss
Laid down: 2 February 1989
Launched: 26 June 1989
Commissioned: 18 January 1991
Identification:
Status: Inactive
General characteristics
Class & type: Vasco da Gama-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 2,920 tons standard
  • 3,200 tons full load
Length: 115.9 m (380 ft)
Beam: 14.8 m (49 ft)
Draught: 6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 32 knots (59 km/h) (gas turbines)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (Diesel only)
    • Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
    Complement:
    • 180
    • 19 officers
    • 40 petty-officers
    • 102 enlisted
    • 13 air crew
    • 6 boarding team
    Sensors and
    processing systems:
  • 1 Thales DA08 air search D band radar
  • 1 Thales MW08 air/surface search F band radar
  • 2 Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar
  • 1 SQS510 hull mounted sonar
    • Electronic warfare
    & decoys:
  • 1 APECS II/700 ESM
  • Countermeasures: SRBOC launcher
    • Armament:
  • 1 100 mm Mod68 CADAM polyvalent artillery piece
  • 1 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm Vulcan anti-ship missile defence system
  • 2 × 3 12.75-inch Mk32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings
  • 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for a maximum of 8 RGM-84 Harpoon
  • 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
    • Aviation facilities: Flight deck and hangar for 2 Super Lynx Mk.95 helicopters

    NRP Vasco da Gama is a Portuguese frigate of the Vasco da Gama class operated by the Portuguese Navy. She was laid down by Blohm + Voss on 2 February 1989, launched on 26 June 1989, and commissioned on 18 January 1991.

    Service history[]

    In 1995, Vasco de Gama spent five months deployed in the Adriatic Sea as part of Operation Sharp Guard, enforcing economic sanctions and an arms embargo against the former Yugoslavia, with the frigate inspecting 91 merchant ships during the deployment.[1] In July 1998, she was deployed off Guinea-Bissau to rescue Portuguese and other European citizens threatened by the Guinea-Bissau Civil War.[1] Vasco da Gama was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 16 November 1999 to 22 February 2000.[2]

    Citations[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matos 2020, p. 86
    2. ↑ Stevens, David (2007). Strength Through Diversity: The combined naval role in Operation Stabilise. Working Papers. 20. Canberra: Sea Power Centre - Australia. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-642-29676-4. ISSN 1834-7231. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910150114/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Working_Paper_20.pdf. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 

    References[]

    • Matos, Jose (December 2020). "Unleash the Lynx". pp. 82–87. ISSN 0306-5634. 

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