Portugal Navy NRP João Roby Retired

NRP João Roby (F487), the last active unit of the Baptista de Andrade-class corvettes, was struck from the Portuguese Navy under Despacho n.º 8093/2026, published in the Diário da República on 29 June 2026. Launched in 1973 and commissioned in March 1975, the 84-metre corvette had served for over five decades, including fisheries-protection and coastal patrol duties, before being succeeded by the Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessels. Her retirement ends operational service of the Baptista de Andrade class, whose sister ships Baptista de Andrade and Afonso Cerqueira were already decommissioned and Oliveira e Carmo scrapped years earlier.