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The following are ships that are being built or that will be transferred to the Portuguese Navy: 6 Viana do Castelo -class patrol vessel being built by West Sea Shipyard (Portugal). 1 Amphibious transport dock based on HNLMS Rotterdam called " Navio Polivalente Logístico ".
The Lisbon Naval Base is the main operational base of the Portuguese Navy. Smaller naval bases (naval support points) also exist at Portimão and Tróia. This is a list of active Portuguese Navy ships. [1] In total there are 36 military ships commissioned in the Navy.
From 1770, under the leadership of D. Martinho de Melo e Castro, secretary of State of the Navy, the Portuguese Navy went through large reform and modernization. Incidentally, as part of these reforms, the old procedure of baptizing Portuguese ships with names of Saints was replaced by names of mythical, historical or Royal persons.
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Portuguese Navy (6 P) Submarines of the Portuguese Navy (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Portuguese Navy"
The design of the Multifunctional Naval Platform (PNM) was made by Damen based on the requirements laid down by the Portuguese Navy. [9] The ship will have a total length of 107.6 metres (353 ft 0 in), and will function as an aerial, land and underwater drone carrier, increasing its ocean research and monitoring capacity. [10]
Named in honor of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the ships are based on the German MEKO 200 design, and are Portugal's major surface ships. Portugal operates three ships of this class, which were built in Hamburg by Blohm + Voss (B&V) and by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, using modular construction techniques.
June 22, 2018 the Portuguese Prime Minister announced an additional order of 6 Viana do Castelo Class ships( 60 million euros each) to be built at same shipyard over next 6 years along with a multi purpose ship for a total of 500 million euros. the order for 6 more NPO-2000 was finalized may 25 2021.
In 1961, Ambassador Teotónio Pereira of Portugal, who was also a man of the sea, loved sailing ships, and had been an organizer of the first Tall Ships' Races, persevered in his mediations and the Portuguese Navy bought the Guanabara to replace the previous school ship Sagres (which was transferred to Hamburg, where she is a museum ship under ...