A-5210 Bérrio

Country:  Portugal

Class, [Type]: Rover, [AO].

Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.

Launch date: 11 November 1969.

Commission date: 31 March 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.763 light, 11.585 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 140,6 x 19,2 x 7,3

Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA4 185 diesels ( 15.360 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 19.

Range ( miles ): 14.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 54 ( 7 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon Mk 7A 20mm.

Military lift: 4.500 tons of fuel, 460 tons of aviation fuel, 325 tons of water, 10 tons of lube oil, 120 tons of stores, and 25 tons of munitions.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1006, 1 x Decca TM 1226, 1 x Decca 1229.

Helicopter: Can operate 1 x Lynx Mk 95 ASW.

Callsign: CTEA ()

Comment: Ex - HMS Blue Rover, A-270. No hangar but helicopter landing platform. Purchased and transferred 31st March 1993.

Similar units:

 A269 Grey Rover
 A271 Gold Rover