Inhaúma-class corvettes
Cv Frontin
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History |
Brazil |
Name | Frontin |
Namesake | Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin |
Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
Launched | 6 February 1992 |
Commissioned | 11 March 1994 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 2015 |
Identification | Pennant number: V-33 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 2016 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Inhaúma-class corvette |
Displacement |
- 1,700 t (1,670 long tons) standard
- 2,000 t (1,970 long tons) full load
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Length | 95.8 m (314 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
- 2 shaft CODOG
- 1 GE LM 2500 gas turbine - 20,500 kW (27,500 hp)
- 2 MTU 16 V 396 TB 91 diesel engines 5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 145 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Super Lynx |
Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
Cv Frontin (V-32) was the fourth ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.[1][2]
Construction and career
The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 6 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 March 1994.
She was decommissioned on 23 September 2015.[3][4]
On 12 April 2016, the former Frontin was sunk as a target ship during a training exercise.[5]
Gallery
References
External links
Media related to Cv Frontin (V-33) at Wikimedia Commons