NRP Bérrio

The NRP Bérrio, 2007.
History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Blue Rover (A270)
Ordered	January 1968
Laid down	30 December 1968
Launched	11 November 1969
Commissioned	15 July 1970
Decommissioned	23 February 1993
Identification	IMO number: 7002409 Pennant number: A270
Fate	Purchased by the Portuguese Navy and renamed NRP Bérrio on 31 March 1993
Portugal
Name	NRP Bérrio
Namesake	Caravel Bérrio
Acquired	31 March 1993
Homeport	Lisbon Naval Base
Identification	IMO number: 7002409 MMSI number: 263130000 Callsign: CTEA Hull number: A5210
Status	In service
General characteristics
Displacement	11522 tons full load
Length	461 ft 04 in (140.61 m)
Beam	63 ft 02 in (19.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 00 in (7.32 m)
Propulsion	(orig) 2 x 16 cyl Ruston diesels (post 1974) 2 x 16 cyl Peilstick diesels
Speed	19 knots
Range	Template:Rover class tanker range
Capacity	Template:Rover class tanker capacity
Complement	Template:Rover class tanker complement
Sensors and processing systems	Template:Rover class tanker sensors
Electronic warfare & decoys	Template:Rover class tanker EW
Armament	Template:Rover class tanker armament
Aircraft carried	Template:Rover class tanker aircraft
Aviation facilities	Helipad for Super Lynx Mk.95 in Portuguese service and Westland Sea King in RFA service

NRP Bérrio (A5210) is a fleet support tanker of the Portuguese Navy. She was built by Swan Hunter in 1969 at Hebburn, England as the RFA Blue Rover (A270) of the Rover-class and from 1970 to 1993 was part of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. In 1982 during her British service she participated in the Falklands War.

In 1993, she was sold to the Portuguese Navy who renamed herBérrio. She participated in Operation Crocodile (Operação Crocodilo) in 1998, as part of the Portuguese naval task force that rescued foreign nationals caught up in the civil conflicts in Guinea-Bissau and then supported the mediators of the CPLP in the peace talks between the parties in the conflict.