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Portugal is planning to replace all their 5 frigates in two classes with a new, larger design, probably in batches for a total of 6 ships.Portugal planning to upgrade their 3 Vasco da Gama Class Meko 200 frigates, including major modifications. Tender is open to all NATO countries. Let's see if there'll be a Turkish entry like the Oruçreis MLU package.
Bro, @Anmdt had clarified few years ago that Istif Class had found its natural size and weight limit in TCG Istanbul. So anything bigger and heavier is not going to be Istif Class.So many contenders here, but there could be a good cost effective solution from Istif.
Portugal don't have the money, manpower and expertise to operate 6 large frigates. Their tenders are always slow, small and take years to conclude with everchanging requirements. Present Istif with Euro equipment for Portugal do make sense. I expect to see 1-2 F110s for commonality with Spanish, and 2-4 other lighter designs to be picked, with very possibly seeing just 2 F110s and cancelling the rest, restarting a light frigate/heavy OPV program instead.Bro, @Anmdt had clarified few years ago that Istif Class had found its natural size and weight limit in TCG Istanbul. So anything bigger and heavier is not going to be Istif Class.
Portuguese are looking for various classes of ships from 4000 tons up 5000 tons to 6000 tons; probably 2 each. (please see the translation below). Our Istanbul Class is a 3100 ton ship (A very light frigate).
Portugal has two overseas territories; Azores (1500km away) and Madeira (1000km away) out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean which is prone to heavy swells and adverse sea conditions. So they need ships with hulls that can manage the weather of the Atlantic ocean.
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@Defence360 recently received information that the@MarinhaPT is seeking to replace the Vasco da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias Class frigates with 6 frigates. @MarinhaPT is considering the acquisition of ships with 4000 t, 5000 t and 6000 t of displacement, according to the same source.
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We can offer them smaller versions of our TF2000 destroyer. But would you want to buy a ship that is not even materialised? There has to be real good incentives to bring them round to us!
We need 4000 to 5000 ton ships ourselves. May be developing and building them together can be the incentives to swing them round.
With 10.6 million population and 290 billion dollar GDP they are similar to Greece in population and 20% richer in GDP.Portugal don't have the money, manpower and expertise to operate 6 large frigates. Their tenders are always slow, small and take years to conclude with everchanging requirements. Present Istif with Euro equipment for Portugal do make sense. I expect to see 1-2 F110s for commonality with Spanish, and 2-4 other lighter designs to be picked, with very possibly seeing just 2 F110s and cancelling the rest, restarting a light frigate/heavy OPV program instead.