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Diferente texto em português: Almirante Sabóia em Lisboa.
This morning was unusually rainy for the end of June in Lisbon, Portugal. Near Santa Apolónia train station, this flag of Brazil was the only colourful thing on the river side.
The flag is on the landing ship NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G-25), ex-RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004). More info adapted from Wikipedia:
RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004) was a Landing Ship Logistic of the Round Table class. The ship was originally built for army service, and was taken over by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970. It was commissioned in 1967 and saw extensive service in many of Britain's naval operations since. Sir Bedivere first saw combat in the Falklands War of 1982, when along with all the Royal Navy's other amphibious shipping, it was sent to recapture the Falkland Islands from an Argentine occupation force. The ship deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1991 in support of Operation Granby. After returning to service in 1998, the ship was sent to Sierra Leone in 2000 when the UK intervened there. Its most recent deployment was in support of Operation Telic in 2003, where the ship operated as the command vessel for the British and American mine countermeasures ships.
By December 2008 Sir Bedivere had been sold to Brazil, joining her sister ship ex-Sir Galahad. She was handed over to the Brazilian Navy on 21 May 2009 at a dockyard in Falmouth. She was commissioned into service with the Brazilian Navy, and renamed NDCC Almirante Sabóia (G-25).
Location of the photo in WikiMapia: 38.7128483, -9.1221499.

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