| Name: | AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE |
| Type: | Sloop or Patrol Frigate |
| Keel: | 24/05/1933 |
| Launched: | 28/05/1934 |
| Completed: | 31/01/1935 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 589 |
| Dimensions: | 1783disp - 2434disp, 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 |
| 18/12/1961 | Sank |
| Comments: | 18/12/1961: Sunk by Indian Navy during invasion of Goa |
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