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Portuguese Navy (2023)


Current Active Inventory: 28 Fleet Units


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Last Updated: 11/11/2022 | © www.WDMMW.org


The following represents an overview of the modern naval fighting capabilities of the Portuguese Navy (2023). The service currently counts 28 total units in its active naval inventory. This total includes frontline commissioned vessels but excludes smaller patrol vessels, auxiliary / survey ships, replenishment, and historical ceremonial types. The WDMMW review takes into account specific categories of warships covering attack, defense, and general support designs. Inventory numbers and related unit types are provided as-is and derived from publically-available information / sources. "On Order" totals found at the bottom of this article are related to any future hulls currently under procurement/construction though said hulls may not be delivered for service in the current year for various reasons.


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Total Units: 28
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TvR:
38.9
True Value Rating takes into account current strengths/weaknesses, matched against the highest-rated service (the USN yields a top rating of 323.9).
Global Rank:
25/35
A total of 35 naval services from 35 nations currently tracked. Current Ranking.
FORCE CONCENTRATION:

Carriers: 0 units
Submarines: 2 units
Fleet Core: 26 units
Amphib Asslt: 0 units
FORCE BALANCE:

FAIR

Fleet focuses on a portion of basic requirements though generally lacking in key areas.
SUPPLIERS:
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HULL PREFIX:
"NRP"
ESTABLISHED:
1317
706 yrs ago
as the "Portuguese Navy"
MEDIAN HULL AGE:
27.5
Years
HULL AGE VISUALIZATION


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Unit Age Color Key




0 to 15 yrs

16 to 25 yrs

26 to 30 yrs

>30 yrs


Age plays a vital role in the life of any warship as hulls and various onboard technologies are pushed to the limit, ultimately exposed to the corrosive and generally unforgiving effects of life at sea. Such degradation often leads to modernizations, refits, or outright retirement. Our color gauge attempts to showcase a vessel's current state within the fleet, helping to detail those outgoing vessels against those at the midway point of their service or those just having been commissioned.




Submarines (2)


Hulls developed for undersea/submersible operation; nuclear-powered or conventionally-powered.

OUTLOOK
STABLE
 
13yrs
Tridente
S160
Tridente-class
13yrs
Arpao
S161
Tridente-class

Total Units: 2 (7%)




Frigates (5)


Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than Destroyers, though larger than corvettes, having Blue Water capabilities.

OUTLOOK
STABLE
 
17yrs
Bartolomeu Dias
F333
Bartolomeu Dias-class
17yrs
D.F. de Almeida
F334
Bartolomeu Dias-class
32yrs
Vasco da Gama
F330
Vasco da Gamas-class
32yrs
Alvares Cabral
F331
Vasco da Gamas-class
31yrs
Corte-Real
F332
Vasco da Gamas-class

Total Units: 5 (18%)




Corvettes (2)


Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than frigates but larger than OPVs, capable of operating independently or as part of the main fighting fleet.

OUTLOOK
STABLE
 
52yrs
Antonio Enes
F471
Joao Coutinho-class
48yrs
Joao Roby
F487
Baptista de Andrade-class

Total Units: 2 (7%)




Offshore Patrol Vessels (19)


Hulls defined as OPVs and outfitted for the purpose of close-to-shore defense / deterrence.

OUTLOOK
POSITIVE
 
12yrs
Viana do Castelo
P360
Viana do Castelo-class
10yrs
Figueira da Foz
P361
Viana do Castelo-class
5yrs
Sines
P362
Viana do Castelo-class
4yrs
Setubal
P363
Viana do Castelo-class
9yrs
Tejo
P590
Flyvefisken-class
9yrs
Douro
P591
Flyvefisken-class
9yrs
Mondego
P592
Flyvefisken-class
9yrs
Guadiana
P593
Flyvefisken-class
52yrs
Zaire
P1146
Cacine-class
32yrs
Argos
P1150
Argos-class
32yrs
Dragao
P1151
Argos-class
32yrs
Escorpiao
P1152
Argos-class
32yrs
Cassiopeia
P1153
Argos-class
32yrs
Hidra
P1154
Argos-class
23yrs
Centauro
P1155
Centauro-class
22yrs
Orion
P1156
Centauro-class
22yrs
Pegaso
P1157
Centauro-class
22yrs
Sagitario
P1158
Centauro-class
32yrs
Rio Minho
P370
Rio Minho-class

Total Units: 19 (68%)




On Order (8)


Hulls set to be delivered in the current procurement year or in subsequent year(s).

Funchal
OPV
Aveiro
OPV
Unnamed Boat
OPV
Unnamed Boat
OPV
Unnamed Boat
OPV
Unnamed Boat
OPV
N.P. Logistico
LPD
Unnamed Ship
Replenshmnt. Oiler

Total Units: 8


On Order Commitment: 8 Units



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