Centauro-class patrol boat
Appearance
Class overview | |
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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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 for fisheries fiscalization and control duties mainly on the portuguese continental shores (some sporadic presence on Madeira Archipelago) up to 50 50 nautical miles (0 km).
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 |
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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