Jacinto Candido
F 476
1970
(Argos AS-59)
- Class: Joao Coutinho - 6 frigates of 1967
- Displacement: 1,252 tons standard / 1,401 tons full load
- Dimensions: 277'8" (oa) x 33'10" x 10'10"
- Machinery: 2 OEW-Pielstick diesels, 10,560bhp, 2 shafts = 24 knots
- Armament: 2-3"/50 (1x2), 2-40mm/70 (1x2), 1 Hedgehog ASW mortar, 2 DCT, 20 DC in racks
- Complement: 93
- Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
- Laid down: Apr 1968
- Launched: 16 Jun 1969
- Completed: 10 Jun 1970
- Notes: One of three small frigates designed and built in Germany; three more were constructed at Bazan. Used primary for patrolling off Portugal's colonies, and later for fisheries protection.
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