Niteroi class

Niteroi class

1976

1976

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The Vosper Thornycroft Mk10 design was announced in 1970 comprising four ships to be built in the UK and two in Brazil. They were all equipped with SAM Sea Cat but F42/43 have a different layout (see photos in ship pages) with a second 114mm gun plus 2 pairs of MM38 Exocets whilest the rest used the Ikara antisubmarine rocket launcher instead. They were all upgraded between 1995/2005 with SAM Aspide as pictured. The last ship U27 is sligthly different and configured as a training vessel

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217	crew
3700	full load (tn)
129	length (m)
13.50	beam (m)
5.50	draught (m)
30	max speed (knots)



4	Naval Engine diesel
2	Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Olympus
2	Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG



1	Torpedo Launchers Ikara



1	Naval Radar navigation radar ZW-06
2	Naval Radar fire direction radar Selenia Orion RTN-10X

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Brazilian Navy	F40	Niteroi	PWNI	1976	--
Brazilian Navy	F41	Defensora	PWDE	1977	--
Brazilian Navy	F42	Constituição	PWCO	1978	--
Brazilian Navy	F43	Liberal	PWLI	1978	--
Brazilian Navy	F44	Independência		1979	--
Brazilian Navy	F45	União	PWUN	1980	--
Brazilian Navy	U27	Brasil	PWBL	1986	--

7 units

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1972-feb-14	Laid down	F41 Defensora
1972-jun-8	Laid down	F40 Niteroi
1972-jun-11	Laid down	F44 Independência
1972-jun-11	Laid down	F45 União
1974-feb-8	Launched	F40 Niteroi
1974-mar-13	Laid down	F42 Constituição
1974-sep-2	Launched	F44 Independência
1975-mar-15	Launched	F45 União
1975-mar-27	Launched	F41 Defensora
1975-may-2	Laid down	F43 Liberal
1976-apr-15	Launched	F42 Constituição
1976-nov-20	Commissioned	F40 Niteroi
1977-feb-7	Launched	F43 Liberal
1977-mar-5	Commissioned	F41 Defensora
1977-jul-14	Trials	F41 Defensora trials with Lynx HAS.2 XZ232in UK waters
1978-mar-31	Commissioned	F42 Constituição
1978-nov-19	Commissioned	F43 Liberal
1979-sep-3	Commissioned	F44 Independência
1980-sep-17	Commissioned	F45 União
1981-jun	Ordered	U27 Brasil
1981-sep-18	Laid down	U27 Brasil
1983-sep-23	Launched	U27 Brasil
1986-aug-21	Commissioned	U27 Brasil
2009-oct	Port Visit	U27 Brasil visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast and departed 15 Oct
2009-oct-5	Deployment	F41 Defensora Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2 participated in Ex JW 09-2, with Lynx N-4006 embarked
2010-apr-24	Port Visit	F44 Independência week long visit to Liverpool, UK
2010-jun-28	Port Visit	F44 Independência Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax for MARLANT Fleet Review
2011	Deployment	F45 União UNIFIL / NorAir / ItalAir with AH-11A Super Lynx embarked
2012-apr-10	Deployment	F43 Liberal departed Rio de Janeiro Naval Base on 8 month deployment with UNIFIL (off Lebanon), returned in Feb 2013 having relieved Union.
2013-feb-9	Port Visit	F43 Liberal visit to Natal, until 13 Feb.
2014-sep-28	Port Visit	U27 Brasil visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast and departed 3 Oct
2015-sep-29	Port Visit	U27 Brasil visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast
2016-sep-15	Port Visit	U27 Brasil visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast
2019-oct-15	Port Visit	U27 Brasil moored alongside HMS Belfast for 5 day visit to London
2021-oct-6	Port Visit	U27 Brasil Visited London Cruise Terminal at Tilbury
2022-sep-28	Port Visit	U27 Brasil visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast.

Brazilian Navy

Westland Lynx mk21

Brazilian Navy

SNIA HB355F2 Esquilo

Brazilian Navy

Westland Super Lynx mk21a