Brazilian frigate União (F-45)

Brazilian frigate União (F-45)
Brazilian frigate União (F-45)
	File:GLAM MB ASPIRANTEX 2018 (40103361792).jpg F União
Name:	União
Namesake:	União
Operator:	Brazilian Navy
Builder:	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched:	14 March 1975
Christened:	11 June 1972
Commissioned:	12 September 1980
Homeport:	Rio de Janeiro
Identification:	Maritime Mobile Service Identity number: 710467000; Callsign: PWUN; Pennant number: F-45;
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Niterói-class frigate
Displacement:	3,200 tons standard, 3,800 tons full load
Length:	129.2 m (424 ft)
Beam:	13.5 m (44 ft)
Draught:	5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft CODOG; 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 56,000 hp; 4 MTU diesels 18,000 hp;
Speed:	30 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;
Endurance:	45 days
Crew:	209
Armament:	Missile antiship MM-40 Exocet;; Anti-aircraft missile ASPIDE;; 1 Vickers gun 4.5 inch Mk 8 (114 mm), (22 km range);; 2 BAE Systems Bofors Trinity Mk 3 anti-aircraft single-gun turrets;; 2 × 3 torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes;; double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rocket launcher;
Aircraft carried:	1 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 facilities:	Helipad and hangar

The F União (F-45) is a Niterói-class frigate of the Brazilian Navy. The União was the sixth ship of her class ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. The União was launched on 14 March 1975, and was commissioned on 12 September 1980.^[1]

History[]

In 2003, União underwent the modernization process, which provided the vessel with an increase in its operating life. At the time, weapons and submarine detection systems were replaced by state-of-the-art equipment, in view of the obsolescence of the original equipment.

Since November 2011, União has been the main vessel of the Maritime Task Force (MTF), the maritime unit of UNIFIL operations in the Middle East, leading three ships from Germany, two from Bangladesh, one Greek, one Turkish and one from Indonesia. The Brazilian unit is equipped with a helicopter and has a crew of 243 Brazilian military personnel.^[2]

Gallery[]

F União Gallery

External links[]

MarineTraffic

References[]

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[1] "NGB - Fragata União - F 45". https://www.naval.com.br/ngb/U/U010/U010.htm.

[2] "Fragata brasileira no Líbano é 'momento histórico', diz comandante". https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/bbc/1006487-fragata-brasileira-no-libano-e-momento-historico-diz-comandante.shtml.

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Brazilian frigate União (F-45)
File:GLAM MB ASPIRANTEX 2018 (40103361792).jpg F União

Career (Brazil)
Name:	União
Namesake:	União
Operator:	Brazilian Navy
Builder:	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched:	14 March 1975
Christened:	11 June 1972
Commissioned:	12 September 1980
Homeport:	Rio de Janeiro
Identification:	Maritime Mobile Service Identity number: 710467000 Callsign: PWUN Pennant number: F-45
Status:	Active

General characteristics
Class & type:	Niterói-class frigate
Displacement:	3,200 tons standard, 3,800 tons full load
Length:	129.2 m (424 ft)
Beam:	13.5 m (44 ft)
Draught:	5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft CODOG 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 56,000 hp 4 MTU diesels 18,000 hp
Speed:	30 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
Endurance:	45 days
Crew:	209
Armament:	Missile antiship MM-40 Exocet; Anti-aircraft missile ASPIDE; 1 Vickers gun 4.5 inch Mk 8 (114 mm), (22 km range); 2 BAE Systems Bofors Trinity Mk 3 anti-aircraft single-gun turrets; 2 × 3 torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes; double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rocket launcher
Aircraft carried:	1 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 facilities:	Helipad and hangar