F-488 Afonso Cerqueira

Country:  Portugal

Class, [Type]: Baptiste de Andrade, [PS].

Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain.

Launch date: 06 October 1973.

Commission date: 26 June 1975.

Decommission date: 04 September 2018.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.252 standard, 1.348 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 84,59 x 10,3 x 3,3

Main machinery: 2 x OEW-Pielstick 12 PC2 V280 diesels ( 10.560 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 22.

Range ( miles ): 5.900 at 18 knots, 7.500 at 15 knots.

Complement: 72 ( 7 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 100mm/55 Model 1968; 2 x Bofors 40mm/60.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Kelvin Hughes 1007, I band; Fire Control: 1 x Panda optical director for the guns.

Sonar: removed.

Helicopter: Has a landing platform, no hangar.

Callsign: CTFH ()

Comment: An improved version of the João Coutinho class including better weapons and electronics. Ships of the class today serve as patrol ships and fishery control.

Homeport: Lisbon.

Similar units:

 F486 Baptiste de Andrade