MISSION AND EMPLOYMENT
The fast
patrol boat Escorpião was the last to be delivered of a series of 3, made out
of fiberglass in Arsenal do Alfeite shipyard, which along with the two others,
were built by CONAFI – Construção Naval de Fibras, Lda, sited in Vila Real de
Santo António, and made the Argos Class.
Of the vast
scope of missions under the Navy’s purview in peace time, the public interests
are undoubtedly the ones that assume a prominent position in the operational
application of this class of ships.
Within the
missions under the purview of State authority, and security in the maritime
areas under national jurisdiction, the fisheries inspection, search and rescue,
maritime traffic separation schemes monitoring, and control of the
anti-pollution at sea operations stand out.
The
maritime traffic separation schemes monitoring of the coast of S.Vicente, Roca
and Ilhas Berlengas, aim to control the maritime navigational movements and avoid
the aggression to the marine environment by oil spills, as the consequence of
maritime accidents, as well as the result of deliberated illegal actions.
