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BNS Brasil (U27)
NE Brasil (U-27) 2
Career Flag of Brazil
Name: Brasil
Ordered: June 1981
Builder: A. de M., Rio de Janiero
Laid down: September 1981
Commissioned: 1984
Status: Still in service as of 2013.
Notes: [1]
General characteristics
Class & type: Modified Niteroi-class frigate
Displacement: 2,380 long tons (2,420 t) light
3,400 long tons (3,500 t) full load
Length: 430.7 metres (1,413 ft)
Beam: 44.3 metres (145 ft)
Draught: 13.8 metres (45 ft)
Propulsion: 2 x Pielstick/Ishikawajima (Brazil) diesel engines producing 8000 bhp on two shafts
Speed: 18 kilotonnes (18,000 long tons; 20,000 short tons)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 kilotonnes (15,000 long tons; 17,000 short tons)
Complement: 415 (26 officers, 69 senior ratings, 120 ratings, 200 trainees)
Sensors and
processing systems:
None
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
None
Armament: None
Aviation facilities: Designed to carry one helicopter
Notes: Infobox details taken from Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. pp. 56. 

The BNS Brasil is a training ship of the Brazilian Navy. She was ordered in June 1981 with a budget of $124.2m. She was ordered as a modified version of the Niteroi-class of frigates, without weapons or sensors, and has since been used to carry 200 midshipmen - officers in training - from the Brazilian Naval and Merchant Marine Academies.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. pp. 56. 
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