NRP Dão
Douro-class destroyer of the Portuguese Navy, in service from 1935 to 1960 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NRP Dão was one of five Douro-class destroyer built for the Portuguese Navy during the 1930s. She remained in service until 1960, being refitted and re-armed several times and taking place in a coup attempt in 1936.
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Name | NRP Dão |
Namesake | Dão River |
Builder | Lisbon Dockyard |
Launched | 30 July 1934 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1935 |
Fate | Stricken 29 November 1960 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Douro-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 323 ft (98.5 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,400 nmi (10,000 km; 6,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 147 |
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