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Country of Origin: Portugal
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
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