Username	Password
Keep logged-in

Register

PAST OWNERS

PRESENT OWNERS

MERCHANT VESSELS

MILITARY VESSELS

OFF-SHORE

VARIOUS PICS

Previous Next

NRP LIMPOPO

Portuguese gunboat NRP LIMPOPO, imo 6100021/ 37,8m/ 288dt/ 11kn/ complement 40 men; 1890 completed by Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding Co., Blackwater, as mix gunboat (sails and engine) for Portuguese Royal Navy to be intended for service in the Limpopo river, Portuguese East Africa; 1920 modernised; 05/1939 decommissioned and transferred to Naval Brigade; 19/03/1943 laid up; 05/1943 Limpopo, F. Garcia & Cia., Lda, Oporto, converted her as a coastal lighter, in Oporto. Subsequent history untraced. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/news/24iht-old24_ed3__1.html?_r=0 ( Press )

Username	Rui Amaro
Shipowner	Portuguese Navy
Ship manager
IMO Number	6100021
Type of ship	gunboat
Year of build and builder	1890 completed by Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding Co., Blackwater,
Date
Place
Added on	21/03/2013
Dimension	600 x 362
viewed	1814