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     A-5210 Bérrio     

Photo byLuis Assunção, Lisbon
Additional pictures:
Additional photo Magnify image   Carlos López Lamas, Portimão, 20th to 22nd May 2010

Country: Portugal Portugal
Class, [Type]: Rover, [AO].
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.
Launch date: 11 November 1969.
Commission date: 31 March 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.763 light, 11.585 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 140,6 x 19,2 x 7,3
Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA4 185 diesels ( 15.360 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 19.
Range ( miles ): 14.000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 54 ( 7 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon Mk 7A 20mm.
Military lift: 4.500 tons of fuel, 460 tons of aviation fuel, 325 tons of water, 10 tons of lube oil, 120 tons of stores, and 25 tons of munitions.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1006, 1 x Decca TM 1226, 1 x Decca 1229.
Helicopter: Can operate 1 x Lynx Mk 95 ASW.

Callsign: CTEA ( Charlie Tango Echo Alfa )
Comment: Ex - HMS Blue Rover, A-270. No hangar but helicopter landing platform. Purchased and transferred 31st March 1993.

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