NRP Comandante Roberto Ivens F482
Portsmouth 1989 - Stanavforlant
Photo from Antonio Dionísio Varela
Decommissioned in 1998 after colliding with a Tanker ship on a NATO exercise. The vessel was seriously damaged by the accident and had to be towed to harbour. Due to the age and extent of the damage, it was decided to decommission the ship. It was stripped of its equipment, taken to sea and sunk.
(Wikipedia)
First landing of an Air Force helicopter on a Portuguese Navy vessel. In early 1964 the Alouette II 9206 piloted by Lt. Villalobos Filipe landed on the frigate “Nuno Tristão” as part of “Operação Tridente” carried out in Guinea, involving about 1200 soldiers
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