Viana do Castelo class Patrol Vessel OPV Portuguese Navy

Portuguese Navy / Marinha Portuguesa
Viana do Castelo class Offshore Patrol Vessel - OPV

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Ships:

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	STATUS
Series 1
P 360 NRP Viana do Castelo	2004	October 1, 2005	March 2011	IN SERVICE
P 361 NRP Figueira da Foz	2004	October 1, 2005	June 2013	IN SERVICE
Series 2
P 362 NRP Sines	2015	May 3, 2017	July 2018	IN SERVICE
P 363 NRP Setubal	2015	September 13, 2017	February 2019	IN SERVICE
Series 3
P 364 NRP Funchal				AUTHORIZED
P 365 NRP Aveiro				AUTHORIZED
P 366 NRP ??				AUTHORIZED
P 367 NRP ??				AUTHORIZED
P 368 NRP ??				AUTHORIZED
P 369 NRP ??				AUTHORIZED

Specifications:

Builder:
Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC), Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Series 1)
West Sea Shipyard, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Series 2+3)

Displacement: 1850 tons
Length: 83.1 meters (272 feet 8 inches)
Beam: 12.95 meters (42 ft 6 in)
Draft: 3.82 meters (12 ft 6 in)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h), max.
Range: ?
Complement: 35 (ship); accommodation for 32 more

Propulsion:
2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines (3900 kW / 5200 hp, each)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:
2 x Oto-Melara (Leonardo) Marlin 30 mm Naval Weapon Station
2 x Browning M2 caliber .50 machine gun

Aviation:
flight deck for 1 helicopter / no hangar

Systems:
Leonardo Medusa MK4/B lightweight Electro-Optical (EO) Fire Control System (FCS)
Safran Vigy Observer HD fully panoramic stabilized observation system
Kelvin Hughes Manta 2000 navigation radar
Furuno FAR-3230 + FAR-3220 navigation radars

The Viana do Castelo class is a class of offshore patrol vessels planned by and for the Portuguese Navy, as a result of the NPO2000 Project (Portuguese, Navios de Patrulha Oceânica, for Oceanic Patrol Vessels), that are being constructed in the West Sea Shipyard.

Design:
The eight to ten vessels of this class, specially designed to operate in the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, will replace the João Coutinho and Baptista de Andrade-class corvettes - currently being decommissioned -, and the small patrol boats of the Cacine-class in their primary fisheries protection role (SIFICAP) and in their search and rescue (SAR) roles. Two of these vessels of the version Navios de Combate à Poluição (NCP) will be fitted with anti-pollution systems - including Fast Oil Recovery systems. These vessels are named after Portuguese coastal cities.

The first vessel, NRP Viana do Castelo (P360), was commissioned on March 2010 after several years of delay. Six additional vessels are planned by the Portuguese Navy as announced in 2016 to be built in 2017 and 2018. June 22, 2018 the Portuguese Prime Minister announced an additional order of 6 Viana do Castelo Class ships( 60 million euros each) to be built at same shipyard over next 6 years along with a multi purpose ship for a total of 500 million euros. the order for 6 more NPO-2000 was finalized may 25 2021.

Viana do Castelo was temporarily commissioned with an old 40 mm gun, but the Portuguese navy is acquiring two 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin guns for the first two vessels.

Armament:
Armament consists of a 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin WS, it replaces one 40 mm L/60 turreted gun in the NRP Viana do Castelo, and four mounts to be armed with 2 x 7.62 mm light machine guns and two 12.7mm M2 Browning as well as two launching systems for MK55 Mod 2 mines. The ships are designed to operate automated systems and are equipped with a single Sagem SA Vigy 10 MKIII naval surveillance and observation platform, three water cannons, and two rigid inflatable boats. Each ship is capable of accommodating a Super Lynx MK95 light helicopter.

The third serie of the Viana do Castelo-class will be armed with one 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin, one Mk.32 Torpedo Tube, one launching system for MK55 Mod 2 mines, countermeasure launcher, 2 x Protector RWS and various 12.7mm M2 Brownings.

Modernization:
The Portuguese Navy is gradually upgrading its Viana do Castelo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) during their maintenance cycles.

This modernization is designed to eliminate logistical, functional and operational obsolescence; add capabilities needed for future operations; and enable the integration of modular systems for mission support, self-protection, surveillance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

Also Viana do Castelo-class is being progressively upgraded to enable vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

source: wikipedia

Names:
Viana do Castelo is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal
Figueira da Foz is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal
Sines is a town and a municipality in Portugal
Setúbal is a city and a municipality in Portugal
Funchal is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira
Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal

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