Brazilian tanker Almirante Gastão Motta
![]() NT Almirante Gastão Motta
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Name | Almirante Gastão Motta |
Namesake | Almirante Gastão Motta |
Operator | Brazilian Navy |
Builder | Ishikawajima do Brasil Estaleiros |
Launched | 1 July 1990 |
Christened | 11 December 1989 |
Commissioned | 26 November 1991 |
Homeport | Rio de Janeiro |
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Nickname(s) | São Bernardo (The Saint Bernard) |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Almirante Gastão Motta-class tanker |
Displacement | 6,000 tons standard, 10,300 tons full load |
Length | 135 m (443 ft) |
Beam | 19 m (62 ft) |
Draught | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 Wärtsilä Vasa marine diesel engines 11,700 hp |
Speed | 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Capacity | 4,400 tons (fuel) |
Crew | 121 |
NT Almirante Gastão Motta is an Almirante Gastão Motta-class replenishment oiler of the Brazilian Navy. The Almirante Gastão Motta was ordered by the Brazilian Navy on 15 December 1987. The ship was launched on 1 July 1990, and was commissioned on 26 November 1991.[1]
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In June 2009, Almirante Gastão Motta participated in the recovery mission for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
References[]
- ^ NT Almirante Gastão Motta - G 23 Archived March 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on June 04 2009.
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Categories:
- Auxiliary ships of the Brazilian Navy
- Ships built in Brazil
- 1990 ships
- Naval ship stubs
- Brazilian military stubs