Baptista de Andrade-class corvette

{{Short description|Portuguese class of corvettes}}

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| Ship image = NRP Baptista de Andrade DN-SD-01-04938.JPEG

| Ship caption = NRP Baptista de Andrade (F 486), 1998

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Name = Baptista de Andrade

| Builders = Bazan, Ferrol, Spain

| Operators = {{navy|Portugal}}

| Class before = {{sclass|João Coutinho|corvette|4}}

| Class after = {{sclass|Viana do Castelo|patrol vessel}}

| Subclasses =

| Cost =

| Built range = 1972–1976

| In service range =

| In commission range = 1974–present

| Total ships building =

| Total ships planned =

| Total ships completed = 4

| Total ships cancelled =

| Total ships active = 1

| Total ships laid up =

| Total ships lost =

| Total ships retired = 3

| Total ships preserved =

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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| Note = Source: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-95

| Ship class =

| Ship type = Corvette

| Ship tonnage =

| Ship displacement = 1,203 tons standard, 1,380 tons full load

| Ship length = {{convert|84.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|10.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship height =

| Ship draught = {{convert|3.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft =

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| Ship decks =

| Ship deck clearance =

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| Ship ice class =

| Ship power =

| Ship propulsion = 2 shaft, 2 OEW Pielstick diesel engines, {{convert|10560|hp|abbr=on}}

| Ship sail plan =

| Ship speed = {{convert|23|kn|lk=in}}

| Ship range = {{cvt|5,900|nmi|lk=in}} at {{cvt|18|kn}}

| Ship endurance =

| Ship complement = 113

| Ship sensors = *Former:

  • Radar: AWS-2 air search(Removed later), TM-626 navigation, Pollux fire control
  • Sonar: Diodon
  • Current:{{when|date=June 2017}}
  • Radar: Kelvin Hughes KH5000, Racal Decca RM316P

| Ship EW =

| Ship armament = *1 × {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} gun

  • 2 × single 40 mm/L70 Bofors guns
  • 2 × triple {{convert|12.75|in|mm|adj=on}} ASW torpedo tubes

| Ship armour =

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| Ship aircraft =

| Ship aircraft facilities = 1 helicopter pad for 1 x Super Lynx Mk.95

| Ship notes =

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The Baptista de Andrade class are a class of four Portuguese-designed corvettes, built for the Portuguese Navy by BAZAN in Francoist Spain in the 1970s. They are an updated version of the {{sclass|João Coutinho|corvette|4}} - designed by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira - with more modern armament and sensors.

Like the João Coutinho ships, the Baptista de Andrade corvettes were intended to operate in the Portuguese overseas territories. Allegedly, the ships would originally be intended to the South African Navy, the delivery being canceled after the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974. After Portugal withdrew from its colonies, the four ships were due to be sold to the Colombian Navy in 1977 but the deal was not completed.

One ship, NRP Oliveira e Carmo, was decommissioned in 1999 and was officially scrapped on 1 November 2007 and later sunk as an artificial reef on 30 October 2012.{{cite web|title=Sinking Oliveira e Carmo Corvette|url=http://www.oceanrevival.org/en/navios/oliveira-carmo/afundamento.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104070046/http://www.oceanrevival.org/en/navios/oliveira-carmo/afundamento.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 November 2012|website=Ocean Revival|accessdate=29 May 2017}} NRP Afonso Cerqueira was decommissioned on 13 February 2015 and later sunk as an artificial reef off Madeira.{{cite web|title=Marinha já alienou futuro recife artificial do Cabo Girão|url=http://www.madeirainandout.com/marinha-ja-alienou-futuro-recife-artificial-do-cabo-girao/|website=Madeira In and Out|accessdate=31 May 2017}} Another ship was decommissioned in 2017 and the last one remains in limited service but will be retired and replaced by {{sclass|Viana do Castelo|patrol vessel|1}}s.

Ships

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Pennant number

! Name

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Status

F486

| Baptista de Andrade

| March 1973

| November 1974

| Decommissioned 2017. Sank at moorings between 19 and 23 April 2023. Awaiting scrapping.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-08 |title=Marinha afundou três navios no último ano e meio |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2023-09-08-Marinha-afundou-tres-navios-no-ultimo-ano-e-meio-6e61ab4f |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=SIC Notícias |language=pt}}

F487

| João Roby

| June 1973

| March 1975

| In active service{{Cite web |title=NRP João Roby |url=http://www.marinha.pt/pt/os_meios/corvetas/Paginas/nrp-joao-roby.aspx |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Marinha |language=pt-PT}}

F488

| Afonso Cerqueira

| October 1973

| June 1975

| Decommissioned 2015, sunk as artificial reef in September 2018 in sea of Madeira

F489

| Oliveira e Carmo

| February 1974

| February 1976

| Decommissioned 1999, scrapped 2007, sunk as artificial reef 2012 in Lagos, Portugal

Citations

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References

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995

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