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]
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Name: | Brasil |
Ordered: | June 1981 |
Builder: | A. de M., Rio de Janeiro |
Laid down: | September 1981 |
Commissioned: | 1984 |
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Status: | Active |
Notes: | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Modified Niteroi-class frigate |
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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) |
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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
- Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. p. 56.
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