NRP Vasco da Gama (F330)
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.jpg) NRP Vasco da Gama during Exercise NATO Trident Juncture. | |
| History | |
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| Namesake | Vasco da Gama |
| Builder | Blohm + Voss |
| Laid down | 2 February 1989 |
| Launched | 26 June 1989 |
| Commissioned | 18 January 1991 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Inactive |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vasco da Gama-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 115.9 m (380 ft) |
| Beam | 14.8 m (49 ft) |
| Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar for 2 Super Lynx Mk.95 helicopters |
NRP Vasco da Gama is a Portuguese frigate of the Vasco da Gama class operated by the Portuguese Navy. She was laid down by Blohm + Voss on 2 February 1989, launched on 26 June 1989, and commissioned on 18 January 1991.
In 1995, Vasco de Gama spent five months deployed in the Adriatic Sea as part of Operation Sharp Guard, enforcing economic sanctions and an arms embargo against the former Yugoslavia, with the frigate inspecting 91 merchant ships during the deployment.[1] In July 1998, she was deployed off Guinea-Bissau to rescue Portuguese and other European citizens threatened by the Guinea-Bissau Civil War.[1] Vasco da Gama was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 16 November 1999 to 22 February 2000.[2]
