João Coutinho-class corvette

The João Coutinho-class corvettes were a series of warships built for the Portuguese Navy for service in Portugal's African and Indian colonies. Initially rated as frigates, they were downgraded first to corvettes and then patrol vessels with age. They were designed in Portugal by naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira, but the urgent need of their services in the Portuguese Colonial War meant that the construction of the ships was assigned to foreign shipyards. Six ships were built; the first three ships were built by Blohm & Voss and the remaining three by Empresa Nacional Bazán. The ships were launched in 1970 and 1971. The relative cheap cost of the design led to it being the basis of several other classes in other navies. From 1970 until the end of the conflict in 1975, the corvettes were used for patrol and fire-support missions in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea and Cape Verde. After the African colonies gained their independence, the corvettes were assigned to patrol duties in Portuguese territorial waters.

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1970 — 2018  Wikimedia, Wikidata
mass 1400 tonne, beam 10.3 metre, draft 3.3 metre, length 85 metre, speed 24 knot, 2 cannon, 
corvette, Empresa Nacional Bazán, Blohm+Voss, Portuguese Navy, Spain, Germany, 

NRP António Enes, NRP General Pereira d'Eça, NRP Jacinto Cândido, NRP João Coutinho, 

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  NRP Jacinto Cândido ⓘ
  corvette of the Portuguese Navy

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  NRP João Coutinho ⓘ
  corvette of the Portuguese Navy

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  NRP General Pereira d'Eça ⓘ
  corvette of the Portuguese Navy

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  NRP Augusto Castilho ⓘ
  1969 corvette of the Portuguese Navy

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  NRP António Enes ⓘ
  corvette of the Portuguese Navy

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  NRP Honório Barreto ⓘ
  1971 corvette of the Portuguese Navy

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1970 — 2018 João Coutinho-class corvette

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1970 — 2002 NRP Jacinto Cândido

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1970 — 2002 NRP João Coutinho

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1970 — 2002 NRP General Pereira d'Eça

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1970 — 2002 NRP Augusto Castilho

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1971 — 2002 NRP António Enes

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1971 — 1999 NRP Honório Barreto

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Frameless

BNL 81 (19323563713)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft	1970	NRP Jacinto Cândido	João Coutinho-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1970	NRP João Coutinho	João Coutinho-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1970	NRP General Pereira d'Eça	João Coutinho-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1970	NRP Augusto Castilho	João Coutinho-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1971	NRP António Enes	João Coutinho-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1971	NRP Honório Barreto	João Coutinho-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
commons	image		BNL 81 (19323563713)		Commons