NRP Bartolomeu Dias was a sloop of the Portuguese Navy. The ship was the second of the Afonso de Albuquerque class, which also included the lead ship of the class, NRP Afonso de Albuquerque. These ships were classified, by the Portuguese Navy, as avisos coloniais de 1ª classe (colonial aviso 1st class) and were designed for colonial service in the Overseas territories of Portugal.
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Name | NRP Bartolomeu Dias |
Namesake | Bartolomeu Dias |
Builder | Hawthorn-Leslie |
Launched | 10 October 1934 |
Fate | Hulked in 1965 |
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Class and type | Afonso de Albuquerque-class sloop |
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Length | 99.6 m (326 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 13.49 m (44 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 191 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 (design, not carried in service) |
Following the failed 1936 Naval Revolt, an investigation was opened into discipline aboard the ship.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ "Portuguese Naval Revolt". The Advertiser. Adelaide, South Australia. 10 September 1936. Retrieved 12 July 2016.