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Name: BARTOLOMEU DIAS
Type: Sloop or Patrol Frigate
Keel: 24/05/1933
Launched: 10/10/1934
Completed: 05/1935
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 590
Dimensions: 1788disp - 2439disp, 314.0 x 43.0 x 12.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, Parsons type, 7000shp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 21.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins, 4 x 1 x 2pdr guns;
2 x depth charges, 1 x Seaplane
History:
03/1935 Portuguese Navy
1967 Renamed SAO CRISTOVAO
19XX Broken up
Comments: 1967: Converted to a depot ship


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Above photo courtesy of Photoship

Above photo courtesy of Photoship

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