NRP Bérrio

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NRP Bérrio, 2007.
History
Royal Fleet Auxiliary EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Blue Rover
OrderedJanuary 1968
Laid down30 December 1968
Launched11 November 1969
Commissioned15 July 1970
Decommissioned23 February 1993
Identification
FatePurchased by the Portuguese Navy and renamed NRP Bérrio on 31 March 1993
Portugal
NameNRP Bérrio
NamesakeCaravel Bérrio
Acquired31 March 1993
HomeportLisbon Naval Base
Identification
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Displacement11522 tons full load
Length461 ft 04 in (140.61 m)
Beam63 ft 02 in (19.25 m)
Draught24 ft 00 in (7.32 m)
Propulsion(orig) 2 x 16 cyl Ruston diesels (post 1974) 2 x 16 cyl Peilstick diesels
Speed19 knots
Range15,000 miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity3,000 m3 of fuel
Complement
  • 16 officers
  • 31 ratings
Sensors and
processing systems
Sperry Marine Visionmaster radars and ECDIS. 1690 I band navigation radars
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × Corvus and 2 × Plessey Shield decoy launchers
  • Graseby Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Armament
Aircraft carriedHelicopter deck but no hangar
Aviation facilitiesHelipad for Super Lynx Mk.95 in Portuguese service and Westland Sea King in RFA service

NRP Bérrio (A5210) was a fleet support tanker of the Portuguese Navy. She was built by Swan Hunter in 1969 at Hebburn, England as 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.[1]

In 1993, she was sold to the Portuguese Navy who renamed her Bérrio. 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.[1]

The vessel was decommissioned on 1 June 2020.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "RFA Blue Rover". Historical RFA. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ^ Alexandre Galante (2 June 2020). "Marinha Portuguesa desativa o navio de reabastecimento NRP Bérrio". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 June 2020.