Centauro-class patrol boat

Class overview
Name	Centauro
Builders	Arsenal do Alfeite, Estaleiros Navais do Mondego
Operators	Portuguese Navy
Preceded by	Argos
In commission	2000 - present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Fiscalization boat
Displacement	94 ton
Length	27 metres (89 ft)
Beam	5.9 metres (19 ft)
Draught	2.8 metres (9.2 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesel-engines Cummings KTA-50-M2 with 1800 hp each
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	1,350 nautical miles (3,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	8 1 officer 1 petty-officer 6 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Navigation Furuno 1505 DA
Armament	2 12.7mm MG

The Centauro class of fiscalization boat are the evolution of the previous Argos class, from which its previous name was Classe Argos - 2nd Series. The main difference to the previous Argos class is the naval, corrosion resistant, aluminium hull.

This class is meant to fisheries fiscalization and control duties mainly on the portuguese continental shores and some sporadic presence on Madeira Archipelago.

This class is portuguese designed and builded at the Arsenal do Alfeite and Estaleiros Navais do Mondego.

At 2007, one boat of this class, the NRP Sagitário, became the first portuguese warship of the Portuguese Navy with a female commander, the second lieutnant Gisela Antunes.

Ships

Pennant	Name	Commissioned
P1155	Centauro	21 March 2000
P1156	Oríon	27 March 2001
P1157	Pégaso	17 June 2000
P1158	Sagitário	27 March 2001

External links & References

• Template:Pt icon Centauro class, Portuguese Navy website