Name RFA Blue Rover (A270) Laid down 30 December 1968 Decommissioned 23 February 1993 Construction started 30 December 1968 Length 141 m Beam 19 m | Ordered January 1968 Commissioned 15 July 1970 Identification A270 Launched 11 November 1969 Draft 7.32 m | |
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NRP Bérrio (A5210) is a fleet support tanker of the Portuguese Navy.
The ship belongs to the Rover-class tankers, built by the Swan Hunter in Hebburn, England from 1969. From 1970 to 1993, the ship was part of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary, as the RFA Blue Rover (A270). In 1993, it went to the Portuguese Navy and renamed Bérrio.
In British service, the Blue Rover participated in the Falklands War in 1982.
In the service of the Portuguese Navy, the Bérrio participated in the Operation Crocodile (Operação Crocodilo) in 1998, as part of the Portuguese naval task force that rescued foreign nationals caught in the civil conflicts in Guinea-Bissau and then supported the mediators of the CPLP in the peace talks between the parts in conflict.
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