| Name: | GONCALHO VELHO |
| Type: | Second Class Aviso - Sloop |
| Keel: | 09/10/1931 |
| Launched: | 03/08/1932 |
| Completed: | 01/03/1933 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 583 |
| Dimensions: | 1155disp - 1413disp, 250.0 x 35.5 x 9.6(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 2000hp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 2 x 1 x 2pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 01/03/1933 | Portuguese Navy |
| 1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Lead ship of the GONCALHO VELHO Class |
| Designed to operate in the Portuguese Colonies. |
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