Dutch Bartolomeu Dias frigates to be transferred to Portuguese Navy

The documents for the official transfer of the Dutch frigates to the Portuguese Navy were signed yesterday by the Armaments Directors of the Ministry of National Defence of Portugal and of the Netherlands.

This action, an exclusively military procedure, took place in the Netherlands, and was attended by the Portuguese Navy’s Chief of Staff, Admiral Fernando Melo Gomes.

The official delivery ceremony will take place in the presence of the Minister of National Defence, Nuno Severiano Teixeira.

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