The Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa), also known as the Portuguese War Navy (Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa) or as the Portuguese Armada...

This is a list of active Portuguese Navy ships. In total there are 36 military ships commissioned in the Navy. Portuguese Navy also operates 43 auxiliary...

The Navy Museum (Portuguese: Museu de Marinha) is a maritime museum in Lisbon, dedicated to all aspects of the history of navigation in Portugal. The museum...

São Mateus (G) - part of the Portuguese Squadron of the "Invincible Armada" São Cristóvão (G) - part of the Portuguese Squadron of the "Invincible Armada"...

service branches: Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army and Portuguese Air Force. The President of the Republic is the head of the Portuguese military, with the...

carrying cannon led to a rapid expansion of European navies, especially the Spanish and Portuguese navies which dominated in the 16th and early 17th centuries...

The Brazilian Navy (Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil, lit. 'Navy of Brazil') is the naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting...

operate in then-Portuguese colonies in Asia, South America and Africa. During the Portuguese Colonial War, from 1961 to 1974, the Portuguese Navy created a...

The Portuguese Marines (Portuguese: Fuzileiros) have their direct origin in the oldest permanent military unit of Portugal, the regiment of the Navy of...

The Portuguese Naval Aviation (Portuguese: Aviação Naval Portuguesa) constituted the air component of the Portuguese Navy, from 1917 to 1957. The Portuguese...

used in Portugal. Portugal portal A Portuguesa Coat of arms of Portugal List of personal standards of the Kings of Portugal List of Portuguese municipal...

S134 PNS Ghazi - Portuguese Cachalote acquired in 1975, decommissioned 2006 The four Albacora-class submarines of the Portuguese Navy were built in France...

class Inhaúma class Barroso class F2000 class (transferred to Indonesian Navy) Flower class Castle class Type 056 Niels Juel class Triton class (Albatros...

The Portuguese Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Portuguesa) is the aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but...

this class was authorized by the Portuguese Government in 1985, five years after the request of the Portuguese Navy for the acquisition of new surface...

the Portuguese Navy — instead of buying two frigates of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, offered by the United States. A committee of the Portuguese government...

Portuguese maritime exploration resulted in the numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime...

The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português)...

second system is used by the Portuguese Navy (Marinha), consisting of traditional naval ranks. In the Armed Forces of Portugal, the hierarchy of ranks divides...

the Indian Navy date to 1612, when an English vessel under the command of Captain Best encountered the Portuguese. Although the Portuguese were defeated...

boats, and they generally range in size. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, police, or customs, and may be intended for marine ("blue water")...

of its naval power as a result of the combined might of its navy with the Portuguese navy, and effectively becoming the most powerful maritime force in...

A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country. On merchant vessels, seafarers of various...

The Albatross class is a class of patrol boats in the Portuguese Navy and in the Naval Component of the Timor Leste Defence Force (FDTL). These vessels...

some distinctive variations. The system of naval heraldry used by the Portuguese Navy was established and regulated in 1972, being slightly reviewed by an...

the Royal Danish Navy. The class is also known as the Standard Flex 300 or SF300 class. The five vessels sold to the Portuguese Navy are locally referred...

The Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1538 to 1560) were a period of conflict during the Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations and series of armed military encounters...

class submarine Archived 2009-12-24 at the Portuguese Web Archive (in Portuguese) NRP Barracuda profile at the Portuguese Navy website (in Portuguese)...

derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word for "advice", "notice" or "warning", an aviso, was later adopted by the French and Portuguese navies to classify...

Warships of the Royal Navy, Captain John E. Moore RN, Jane's Publishing, 1979, ISBN 0-531-03730-4 Britain's Modern Royal Navy, Paul Beaver, Patrick Stephens...