F-334 Francisco de Almeida

Country:  Portugal

Class, [Type]: Karel Doorman, [FF].

Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Shelde, Flushing, Netherlands.

Launch date: 21 November 1992.

Commission date: 15 January 2010.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.320 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 125,3 x 14,4 x 4,3

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x RR Spey SM1C ( 33.800 hp ), 2 x Stork-Wärtsilä 12SW280 diesels ( 9.790 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30 ( Speys ), 21 diesels.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 156 ( 16 officers ). Accomodation for 163.

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara Compact Mk100 76mm/62, 1 x Signaal SGE-30 Goalkeeper with GE 30mm, 2 x Oerlikon 20mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon ( 2 quads ); SAM: 16 x Raytheon Sea Sparrow, from Mk48 Vertical Launchers.

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm tubes Mk32 ( 2 twin ). Honeywell Mk46 Mod 5.

Radar: Air/Surface: Signaal SMART, 3D, F band; Signaal LW 08, D band; Navigation: Racal Decca 1226, I band; Fire control: 2 x Signaal STIR, I/J/K bands, 140km range.

Sonar: Signaal PHS36, hull mounted, active search and attack modes, medium frequency; Thomson Sintra Anaconda DSBV61, towed array, low frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC launchers, infrared flares and chaff; ESM/ECM: Argo APECS II ( includes AR 700 ESM ), intercept and jammers.

Helicopter: 1 x Westland Lynx.

Callsign: CTFN ()

Comment: Ex - Netherlands Van Galen F834.

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