| RFA Blue Rover (A270) | |
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 The NRP Berrio, 2007. | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | RFA Blue Rover (A270) |
| Ordered: | January 1968 |
| Laid down: | 30 December 1968 |
| Launched: | 11 November 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 15 July 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 February 1993 |
| Fate: | Purchased by the Portuguese Navy and renamed NRP Berrio on 31 March 1993 |
| Career (Portugal) |  |
| Name: | NRP Berrio |
| Acquired: | 31 March 1993 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11522 tons full load |
| Length: | 461 ft 04 in (140.61 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft 02 in (19.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 00 in (7.32 m) |
| Propulsion: | (orig) 2 x 16 cyl Ruston diesels (post 1974) 2 x 16 cyl Peilstick diesels |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Range: | 15,000 miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 3,000 m³ of fuel |
| Complement: |
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| Sensors and processing systems: | Sperry Marine Visionmaster radars and ECDIS. 1690 I band navigation radars |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | Helicopter deck but no hangar |
RFA Blue Rover (A270) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It went to the Portuguese Navy in 1993 as NRP Bérrio.
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