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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}{{more footnotes|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=NRP Baptista de Andrade DN-SD-01-04938.JPEG | Ship caption=NRP Baptista de Andrade (F 486), 1998
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Baptista de Andrade | Builders=Bazan, Ferrol (Spain) | Portugal}} | João Coutinho|corvette|4}} | Viana do Castelo|patrol vessel}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1972-76 | In service range= | In commission range=1974-present day | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=4 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active=1 | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired=3 | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Note= Source: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-95 | Ship class= | Ship type=Corvette | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=1,252 tons standard, 1,401 tons full load | Ship tons burthen= | 81|m|abbr=on}} | 10.3|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3.3|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | 10560|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan= | 24|kn|km/h}} | 5,000|nmi}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h}} | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=113 | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=- Former:
- Radar: AWS-2 air search, TM-626 navigation, Pollux fire control
- Sonar: Diodon
- Current:{{when|date=June 2017}}
- Radar: Kelvin Hughes KH5000, Racal Decca RM316P
| Ship EW= | 100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} gun- 2 × single 40 mm/L70 Bofors guns
- 2 × triple {{convert|12.75|in|mm|adj=on}} ASW torpedo tubes
| Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities=1 helicopter pad | Ship notes=
}} | The Baptista de Andrade class were a class of four Portuguese designed corvettes, built for the Portuguese Navy by BAZAN in Spain in the 1970s. They are an updated version of the {{sclass-|João Coutinho|corvette|4}} - designed by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira - with more modern armament and sensors. Like the João Coutinho ships, the Baptista de Andrade corvettes were intended to operate in the Portuguese overseas territories. Allegedly, the ships would originally be intended to the South African Navy, the delivery being canceled after the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974. After Portugal withdrew from its colonies, the four ships were due to be sold to the Colombian Navy in 1977 but the deal was not completed. One ship, NRP Oliveira e Carmo, was decommissioned in 1999 and was officially scrapped on 1 November 2007 and later sunk as an artificial reef on 30 October 2012.[1] NRP Afonso Cerqueira was decommissioned on 13 February 2015 and is slated to be sunk as an artificial reef off Madeira.[2] The other two remained in limited service but will be retired and replaced by {{sclass-|Viana do Castelo|patrol vessel|1}}s. Ships| Pennant number | Name | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
|---|
| F486 | Baptista de Andrade | March 1973 | November 1974 | Decommissioned 2017 | | F487 | João Roby | June 1973 | March 1975 | | F488 | Afonso Cerqueira | October 1973 | June 1975 | Decommissioned 2015, to be sunk as artificial reef in summer of 2018 in sea of Madeira | | F489 | Oliveira e Carmo | February 1974 | February 1976 | Decommissioned 1999, scrapped 2007, sunk as artificial reef 2012 in Lagos, Portugal |
References- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
- Specific
1. ^{{cite web|title=Sinking Oliveira e Carmo Corvette|url=http://www.oceanrevival.org/en/navios/oliveira-carmo/afundamento.html|website=Ocean Revival|accessdate=29 May 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Marinha já alienou futuro recife artificial do Cabo Girão|url=http://www.madeirainandout.com/marinha-ja-alienou-futuro-recife-artificial-do-cabo-girao/|website=Madeira In and Out|accessdate=31 May 2017}}
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