Brasil U-27

Type:
Training Frigate
Class:
Brasil
Builder:
Arsenal de Marinha de
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pennant Number:
U-27
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
September 23, 1983
Keel Laid:
September 18, 1981
Commissioned:


August 21, 1986
Fate:
Active in commission as of 2009.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
430' 6"
Engines:
2 Ishikawajima Brazil-Pielstick L-400 diesels
Beam:
44' 3"
Boilers:
None
Draft:
13' 8"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
2,380 (std.)
HP:
7,800
3,400 (full)
Speed:
15 knots (18 max.)
Crew:
218 +204 cadets
Range:
7,000 NM @ 15 knots


Armament as built
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
2
40mm/70 Bofors AA
Single mounts
4
3 pounder (saluting cannon)
Single mounts


Notes:
Built on the Vosper-Thornycroft Mk 10 hull, known as the Niterói class in the Brazilian
navy.



Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Oct. 28, 2009