Brazilian training ship Brasil (U-27)

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NE Brasil
History
Brazilian Naval EnsignBrazil
NameBrasil
NamesakeBrasil
OwnerBrazilian Navy
OperatorBrazilian Navy
Port of registryRio de Janeiro
OrderedJune 1981
BuilderArsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
CostUS$ 124.2 millions
Launched2 September 1983
Christened18 September 1981
Commissioned21 August 1986
HomeportRio de Janeiro
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeNiteroi-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2,380 long tons (2,420 t) light
  • 3,400 long tons (3,500 t) full load
Length129.2 m (424 ft)
Beam13.5 m (44 ft)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (22 knots diesels only)
Range
  • 5,300 NM - at 17 knots
  • 4,200 NM - at 19 knots
  • 1,300 NM - at 28 knots
Endurance45 days
Crew415
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
Aircraft carried1 Westland Super Lynx Mk.21A (locally designated as AH-11A) or 1 Eurocopter AS-350/355 Squirrel (locally assembled by Helibrás as UH-12/UH-13 'Esquilo')
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar

NE Brasil (U-27) is a training ship of the Brazilian Navy ordered in June 1981 at Rio de Janeiro Marine Arsenal Yard, with a budget of US$ 124.2 millions, 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[]

Ship is one of lasts built into docks at Arsenal in Rio de Janeiro with steel plates from CSN or Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, during last Military Presidency of Brazil, at regiment of President João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo. After 1985, none military ship was built at arsenal and dry docks remained empty.

Brasil makes regularly, most once each two years, a worldwide trip, commencing in Rio de Janeiro, following ports like Lisbon, Hamburg and London mainly. At Hamburg, it was a record, the most navy ship visiting the city with 28 calls at least. In London, it is most alongside the HMS Belfast, passing under Tower Bridge. The round trip is during Fall in Europe, mainly at end of September and middle October, with every time with new students or cadets onboard. Most of time had Open Ship to local visitors and even souvenirs like a coin, caps, shirt and catalogue. Since the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, the souvenirs were cancelled, and due the COVID-19 pandemic, the visits as well.[2][3]

U27 Brasil Coin

References[]

  1. ^ Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. p. 56.
  2. ^ "U27 Brasil" (in German). 2019-10-09.
  3. ^ "Hamburger Hafen: Besonderes Schiff kommt heute – mit Rekord". 29 September 2021.
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