NRP MONDEGO

TEJO CLASS

O NRP Mondego é o terceiro navio da classe Tejo e foi aumentado ao efetivo dos navios da Marinha Portuguesa em 5 de maio de 2016. Integra um conjunto de cinco navios adquiridos à Marinha Real Dinamarquesa substituindo os navios de patrulha costeira da classe Cacine, que operam há mais de 45 anos ao serviço de Portugal.

HERALDIC PENNANT

The stripes wavy Azure-Argent symbolize the river, this being the reason for choosing this pattern for the pennants of the Tejo class. Gules symbolizes bravery, magnanimity, and victory.
The lion Or with dragon wings results from the syntheses of the animals portrayed in the Coat of Arms of Coimbra, the main city bathed by the Mondego River.

PATRON

The Mondego River has a total length of 234 kilometers. Its source is located at Serra da Estrela, in Gouveia municipality, Corgo das Mós (or “Mondeguinho”) at an altitude of 1425 meters. In its source, it crosses Serra da Estrela, from southwest to northeast, in the Gouveia and Guarda municipalities. Close to that city, next to Vila Cortês do Mondego, it comes to an altitude below 450 meters. At that point, it inflects its course, first to northwest, and later, already in Celorico da Beira, to southwest. Here it begins its medium course, along the Beirão plateau.

Characteristics

Beam9 metersLength54 metersDisplacement345,8 tonsDraught3.8 metersRange7 days

​​​​​​​​​​​​MISSION AND EMPLOYMENT​

NRP Mondego (ex-GLENTEN – P550) served in the Royal Danish Navy between February 1992 and October 2010, being subsequently sold to Portugal in October 2014 and rechristened as NRP Mondego (P592).

After a period of refitting and modernization at the Arsenal do Alfeite S.A. shipyards, the NRP Mondego was commissioned by the Portuguese Navy, being able to fulfill a wide range of missions and tasks.

This type of coastal patrol ships (NPC) has as its main assignments the Maritime Search and Rescue missions, and the inspection and control within national jurisdiction waters, mainly in the continental coastal area and the Madeira archipelago. Besides the referred tasks, the ship provides support to various entities where the National Maritime Authority (AMN) is included, and is capable of providing support to the civilian population in disaster situations, in articulation with the civil protection authorities. It can also integrate international structures, such as the FRONTEX European agency of control of the external border of the European Union​.​

Data de Atualização: 07 de October de 2021

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