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 |
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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.) |
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Crew: |
218 +204 cadets |
Range: |
7,000 NM @ 15 knots |
Armament as built
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Guns
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Number
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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 |
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Page published Oct. 28, 2009 |