Niterói-class frigate
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Class overview | |
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Name | Niterói class, Mk10 |
Builders | Vosper Thornycroft, Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
Operators | ![]() |
Succeeded by | Tamandaré-class |
Built | 1975–1986 |
Completed | 7 |
Active | 6 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement |
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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) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Combined diesel or gas, two shafts |
Speed |
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Range |
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Endurance | 45 days |
Complement | 217 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
The Niterói-class frigates are a class of frigates of the Brazilian Navy.
History
The Niterói class were designed and built by the British shipyard Vosper Thornycroft (VT) in the 1970s. These frigates were designated the Mk 10 by Vosper Thornycroft and are the largest of a series of ships built by that shipyard for both foreign buyers and the Royal Navy.
All of them were extensively modernized between 1996 and 2005 under the 'ModFrag' program. The projected completion was 2001, but due to lack of funds and sea trials to verify the new software, the entire program had been slipped to 2005.
A total of six ships were built. Two of the anti-submarines (ASW) and both of the general purpose (GP) version were built in England. The remaining two ASW ships were built at the Arsenal da Marinha in Rio de Janeiro with assistance from VT. The ASW ships had an Ikara missile launcher in Y position aft of the flight deck. This was removed as part of the modernisation programme. The GP ships had a second 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun in "Y" position. A seventh ship was built as the navy's main training unit. The ship is identical to the other ships of the class, but is not fitted with weapons or sensors.
From 2024, the class will be gradually replaced by the modern Tamandaré-class frigates, the survivors will be modernized and revitalized with the new combat system SICONTA MkII Mod. 1, developed by the Brazilian company Akaer Engenharia and transferred to patrol duties in the fleet.[1]
Ships
No. | Name | Type[2] | Laid down[2] | Launched[2] | Commissioned[2] | Status |
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F40 | Niterói | ASW | 8 June 1972 | 8 February 1974 | 20 November 1976 | Decommissioned 28 June 2019[3] |
F41 | Defensora | ASW | 14 December 1972 | 27 March 1975 | 3 March 1977 | In service |
F42 | Constituição | GP | 13 March 1974 | 15 April 1976 | 31 March 1978 | In service |
F43 | Liberal | GP | 2 May 1975 | 7 February 1977 | 18 November 1978 | In service |
F44 | Independência | ASW | 11 June 1972 | 2 September 1974 | 3 September 1979 | In service |
F45 | União | ASW | 11 June 1972 | 14 March 1975 | 12 September 1980 | In service |
U27 | Brasil | Training | 18 September 1981[4] | 2 September 1983[4] | 21 August 1986[4] | In service |
Gallery
- Niterói-class Frigate Gallery
- Defensora operating with the tanker Almirante Gastão Motta on 18 November 2007.
- União underway on 22 January 2008.
- Constituição on 2 June 2009.
- Brasil under way in 2011.
- F-44 Independência and F-42 Constituição on patrol in 2017.
- União during Aspirantex 2018.
- Liberal during Aspirantex 2018.
- F-45 União at nightfall during Aspirantex 2018.
- Escort to the G-40 Bahia During Aspirantex 2020.
- F-43 Liberal and F-45 União during Aspirantex 2020.
- F-43 Liberal and F-45 União during Aspirantex 2020.
- Liberal conducts drills with the Spanish Navy's Tornado in the Gulf of Guinea, 2023.
See also
References
Citations
Sources
- Marinha do Brasil (Brazilian Navy)
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
- Cicalesi, J.C. e Del Gaizo, Cesar: La Marina brasiliana oggi, RiD magazine, Chiavari, June 2006, pag. 50–55
- Saunders, Stephen. Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2002. ISBN 0710624328.
External links
Media related to Niteroi class frigate at Wikimedia Commons
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- Followed by: Tamandaré class