COMANDANTE JOAO BELO (F-480) class FF

 0 COMANDANTE JOAO BELO-class FRIGATES (FF)

 Name                             Pendant   Launch           Commissioned     Status
 COMANDANTE JOAO BELO             F-480     March 22, 1966   July 1, 1967     Stricken
 COMANDANTE HERMENEGILDO CAPELO   F-481     Nov. 29, 1966    April 26, 1968   Stricken
 COMANDANTE ROBERTO IVENS         F-482     Aug. 11, 1967    Nov. 23, 1968    Stricken
 COMANDANTE SACADURA CABRAL       F-483     March 15, 1968   Nov. 25, 1969    Stricken

These vessels, as completed, were similar to their French sister ships.

None.

 A.C. de Bretagne, Nantes, France

 CREW
   Total                   176 (19 off. + 157 enl.)

 DISPLACEMENT
   Standard                1,899 tons
   Full load               2,250 tons

 DIMENSIONS
   Length                  336 ft 11 in (102.70 m) overall
   Beam                     38 ft  5 in ( 11.70 m)
   Draft                    14 ft  1 in (  4.30 m) maximum

 PROPULSION
   Main                    4 x SEMT-Pielstick type 12PC2.2 V400 diesels
   Power                   18,700 total bhp; 2 shafts

 PERFORMANCE
   Speed                   25 knots
   Range                   7,500 nm at 15 knots

 COMBAT SYSTEMS
   Guns                    2 x 100-mm/55-cal. (Model 1964) DP
                           2 x 40-mm/60-cal. Bofors AA
   ASW weapons             2 x triple 324-mm (Mark 32) torpedo tubes
                              [unknown no. of U.S. Honeywell Mark 46, Mod. 5
                              torpedoes carried]
   Radar                   1 x Thales DRBV-22A air search
                           1 x Thales DRBV-50 surface search
                           1 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 navigation
                           1 x Thales DRBC-31D fire control
   Sonar                   1 x Thales DUBA-3 active attack, high frequency
   EW                      1 x ArgoSystems APECS-II/700 intercept/jamming
                              suite
                           2 x Loral-Hycor SRBOC (Mark 36) decoy/chaff
                              launchers
                           1 x AN/SLQ-25 Nixie acoustic towed torpedo decoy

These ships were funded by a consortium of NATO countries and France.

In 2000, COMANDANTE HERMENEGILDO CAPELO was sent to East Timor as part of the international force there.

French COMANDANTE RIVIERE design