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Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel: Armament, Design & Overview

The Viana do Castelo class is a class of offshore patrol vessels planned by and for the Portuguese Navy, as a result of the NPO2000 Project (Portuguese, Navios de Patrulha Oceânica, for Oceanic Patrol Vessels), that are being constructed in the West Sea Shipyard.

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Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel topic overview

The analysis highlights Armament, Design and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel.

Related topics
21
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
24
Extracted relationships
27
Related term clusters
13
Bridge connections
24

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Armament · 10 topics
Design · 6 topics
Overview · 5 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Active
4
Armament
1 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin WS · 2 × M2 Browning machine gun · 2 x MG 3 machine gun
Aviation facilities
Medium-sized helicopter pad but no hangar supporting Super Lynx Mk.95
Beam
12.95 m (42 ft 6 in)
Boats & landing craft carried
2 x Rigid Inflatable Boats
Builders
Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) and West Sea Shipyard

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Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel
5Ship class · Offshore patrol vessel · Portuguese Navy
7Oto Melara · Light machine gun · M2 Browning
6North Atlantic Ocean · João Coutinho-class corvette · Baptista de Andrade-class corvette

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Overview

Design

Armament

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How Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel connects Entity context

The extracted context around Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 1 × Internal coil of vapor circulation, to allow the heating of the existing pollutant products inside of the tanks, to facilitate their extraction., 2 × Floating tank of "Unibag" type, of 50 m3 each., Anti-pollution version (NCP), Barrier launcher., System for recovery and transfer of pollutants spilled on the ocean. Another extracted example is Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 1 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin WS, 2 x MG 3 machine gun, 2 × M2 Browning machine gun. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel

Top relations

Notes · 5
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 1 × Internal coil of vapor circulation, to allow the heating of the existing pollutant products inside of the tanks, to facilitate their extraction., 2 × Floating tank of "Unibag" type, of 50 m3 each., Anti-pollution version (NCP), Barrier launcher., System for recovery and transfer of pollutants spilled on the ocean.
Armament · 3
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 1 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin WS, 2 x MG 3 machine gun, 2 × M2 Browning machine gun
Active · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 4
Aviation facilities · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → Medium-sized helicopter pad but no hangar supporting Super Lynx Mk.95
Beam · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 12.95 m (42 ft 6 in)
Boats & landing craft carried · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 2 x Rigid Inflatable Boats
Builders · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) and West Sea Shipyard
Complement · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 35 accommodation for 32 more
Completed · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 4
Displacement · 1
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → 1,850 tons

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Important terminology

portuguese viana castelo de vessels navy systems shipyard class two ships 30 mm oto melara marlin machine patrol planned west

Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 27 structured relationships around Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel. Examples in this analysis include Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → Active → 4 and Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel → Armament → 1 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin WS. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselActive41.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselArmament1 × 30 mm Oto Melara Marlin WS1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselArmament2 × M2 Browning machine gun1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselArmament2 x MG 3 machine gun1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselAviation facilitiesMedium-sized helicopter pad but no hangar supporting Super Lynx Mk.951.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselBeam12.95 m (42 ft 6 in)1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselBoats & landing craft carried2 x Rigid Inflatable Boats1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselBuildersEstaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) and West Sea Shipyard1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselComplement35 accommodation for 32 more1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselCompleted41.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselDisplacement1,850 tons1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselDraught3.82 m (12 ft 6 in)1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselIn commission2010–present1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselLength83.10 m (272 ft 8 in)1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselNotesAnti-pollution version (NCP)1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselNotesSystem for recovery and transfer of pollutants spilled on the ocean.1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselNotesBarrier launcher.1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselNotes2 × Floating tank of "Unibag" type, of 50 m3 each.1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselNotes1 × Internal coil of vapor circulation, to allow the heating of the existing pollutant products inside of the tanks, to facilitate their extraction.1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselOperatorsPortuguese Navy1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselPlanned101.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselPreceded byJoão Coutinho-class corvette1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselPropulsion2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines (3,900 kW (5,200 hp) each), 2 electric engines (200 kW (270 hp) each)1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselSensors & processing systemsLeonardo Medusa MK4/B electro-optical fire control system, Electro-optical SAGEM / VIGY, 2x KH Manta2000 navigation radar, iXblue Quadrans inertial navigation system, Furuno Ele…1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselSpeed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) maximum1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselSubclassesNPO - ocean patrol vessel NCP - anti-pollution vessel1.00infobox
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vesselTypeOffshore patrol vessel1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Planned, De and Marlin. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel
    • Planned
    • De
    • Marlin
    • Melara
    • Mm
    • Oto
    • Shipyard
    • Navy
    • Commissioned
    • Gun
    • M2
    • Nrp
  • viana do castelo-class patrol vessel
    • Boats
    • Planned
    • Sea
    • West
    • De
    • Marlin
    • Melara
    • Mm
    • Oto
    • Shipyard
    • Navy
    • Type
  • ship class
    • Oceânica
    • Patrulha
    • Patrol
    • Sea
    • West
    • De
    • Shipyard
    • Viana
    • Vessels
    • Navios
    • Offshore
    • Boats
  • offshore patrol vessel
    • Patrol
    • Planned
    • Sea
    • West
    • Boats
    • Shipyard
    • Type
    • De
    • Navy
    • Armament
    • Modernization
    • Navios
  • portuguese navy
    • Planned
    • Viana
    • Navy
    • Portuguese
    • De
    • Offshore
    • Shipyard
    • Gun
    • Patrol
    • Sea
    • Vessels
    • West
  • portuguese language
    • Viana
    • Navy
    • De
    • Shipyard
    • Vessels
    • Envc
    • Sea
    • West
    • Machine
    • Ships
    • Oceânica
    • Patrulha
  • west sea shipyard
    • Sea
    • West
    • Shipyard
    • Oceânica
    • Offshore
    • Patrulha
    • Envc
    • Patrol
    • Planned
    • De
    • Class
    • Machine
  • baptista de andrade-class corvette
    • Envc
    • Ncp
    • Patrol
    • Sea
    • West
    • Portuguese
    • Machine
    • Shipyard
    • Viana
    • Navios
    • Oceânica
    • Offshore

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel with Armament. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel — Armament · splits 14 ⟂ 11
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel — Design · splits 18 ⟂ 7
Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel — Overview · splits 19 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples27
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Armament, Design & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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