Vasco da Gama class MEKO 200PN Frigate Portuguese Navy

Portuguese Navy / Marinha Portuguesa
Vasco da Gama class Frigate
(MEKO 200PN)

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy marinha portuguesa 02x

Ships:

F 330 NRP Vasco da Gama (1991)
F 331 NRP Alvares Cabral (1991)
F 332 NRP Corte-Real (1992)

Specifications:

Displacement: 2920 tons (standard) / 3200 tons (full load)
Length: 115,9 meters (380 feet 3 inches)
Beam: 14,2 meters (46 ft 7 in)
Draft: 6,2 meters (20 ft 4 in)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h) gas / 20 knots (37 km/h) diesels
Range: 4000 NM (7400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 180

Propulsion:
Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG)
2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines (38 MW / 51000 hp, each)
2 x MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel engines (8,14 MW / 10920 hp, each)
2 shafts / 2 controllable-pitch propellers

Armament:
1 x DCN/GIAT 100mm Mod.68 gun
1 x Mk-29 missile launcher for 8 x RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM or 8 x RIM-162 ESSM
2 x Mk-141 missile laucher for 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
1 x Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk-32 12.75" triple-torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes

Aviation:
flight deck + hangar for 2 helicopters (Westland Super Lynx Mk.95)

Systems:
Thales DA08 air search D band radar
Thales MW08 air/surface search F band radar
2 x Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar
AN/SQS-510 hull mounted sonar
APECS II/700 ESM suite
MK-36 SRBOC chaff/decoy launcher

class + detail images
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vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy f-330 nrp 05x

F 330 NRP Vasco da Gama

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy f-331 nrp alvares cabral 02x

F 331 NRP Alvares Cabral

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy f-332 nrp corte real 03x

F 332 NRP Corte-Real

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy armament 100mm model 68 gun rgm-84 harpoon ssm missile rim-7 sea sparrow sam torpedo mk-15 ciws

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy armament 100mm model 68 gun rgm-84 harpoon ssm missile rim-7 sea sparrow sam torpedo mk-15 ciws

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy mk-32 torpedo tubes mk-46

vasco da gama class meko 200pn frigate portuguese navy dcn giat nexter 100mm model 68 gun lynx helicopter

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