Brazilian training ship Brasil (U27)

The Brazilian training ship Brasil is a training ship of the Brazilian Navy ordered in June 1981 at Rio de Janeiro Marine Arsenal Yard, with a budget of $124.2m, as a modified version of the Niteroi class of frigates without weapons or sensors. The ship carries 442 midshipmen (officers in training) from the Brazilian Naval and Merchant Marine Academies.[1]

History
Brazil
Name: Brasil
Ordered: June 1981
Builder: A. de M., Rio de Janeiro
Laid down: September 1981
Commissioned: 1984
Identification:
Status: Active
Notes: [1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Niteroi-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 2,380 long tons (2,420 t) light
  • 3,400 long tons (3,500 t) full load
Length: 129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)
Beam: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 x Pielstick/Ishikawajima (Brazil) diesel engines producing 8,000 bhp (6,000 kW) on two shafts
Speed: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 kilotonnes (15,000 long tons; 17,000 short tons)
Complement: 415 (26 officers, 69 senior ratings, 120 ratings, 200 trainees)
Armament:
  • 2 40 mm Bofors L-70 cannons, in two single repairs,
  • 4 Hidroar 3APR 47 mm cannons:
  • 2 MV 508-mm light-emitting rocket launchers,
  • 2 Schermully 51-mm light-emitting rocket launchers
Aviation facilities: Designed to carry one helicopter
Notes: Infobox details taken from Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. p. 56.

References
  1. Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. p. 56.


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