NRP COMANDANTE ALMEIDA CARVALHO (A527)

Portuguese hydrographic/survey ship NRP COMANDANTE ALMEIDA DE CARVALHO (A527), imo 6113060/ 57,6m/ 876dt/ Twin screw/ 2.400hp/ complement 89 men; 27/02/1942 completed by Dufferin Shipbuilding Co., Toronto, Canada, as minesweeper HMS FORT YORK (J119) for Royal Navy, although launched as HMS MIGNAN; 26/09/1950 NRP COMANDANTE ALMEIDA CARVALHO (A527), Portuguese Navy, who converted her as hydrographic/survey ship; 09/06/1960 reclassified as corvette; 1964 NRP CACHEU, Portuguese Navy; 1971 breaking up. Sister ship NRP ALMIRANTE LACERDA.
(Source marine press – F. Cabral collection)