Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel
NRP Viana do Castelo | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) and West Sea Shipyard |
| Operators | Portuguese Navy |
| Preceded by | João Coutinho-class corvette |
| Subclasses | NPO - ocean patrol vessel NCP - anti-pollution vessel |
| In commission | 2010 - Present |
| Planned | 10 OPV |
| Completed | 4 |
| Cancelled | 0 |
| Active | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 1,850 tons |
| Length | 83.10 m (272 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 12.95 m (42 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.82 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines (3,900 kW (5,200 hp) each), 2 electric engines (200 kW (270 hp) each) |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) maximum |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x Rigid Inflatable Boats |
| Complement | 35 accommodation for 32 more |
| Sensors & processing systems | Leonardo Medusa MK4/B electro-optical fire control system, Electro-optical SAGEM / VIGY, 2x KH Manta2000 navigation radar, iXblue Quadrans inertial navigation system, Furuno Electric's FAR-3230 F-band, FAR-3220 I-band navigation radars |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium-sized helicopter pad but no hangar supporting Super Lynx Mk.95 |
| Notes |
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The Viana do Castelo class is a class of offshore patrol vessels planned by and for the Portuguese Navy, as a result of the NPO2000 Project (Portuguese, Navios de Patrulha Oceânica, for Oceanic Patrol Vessels), that are being constructed in the West Sea Shipyard.