Brazilian training ship Brasil (U-27)

NE Brasil (U-27) is a training ship of the Brazilian Navy ordered in June 1981 at Rio de Janeiro Marine Arsenal Yard, with a budget of US$124.2 million, as a modified version of the Niteroi class of frigates without weapons or sensors. The ship carries 442 midshipmen (officers in training) from the Brazilian Naval and Merchant Marine Academies.[1]

NE Brasil
History
Brazilian Naval EnsignBrazil
NameBrasil
NamesakeBrasil
OwnerBrazilian Navy
OperatorBrazilian Navy
Port of registryRio de Janeiro
OrderedJune 1981
BuilderArsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
CostUS$ 124.2 millions
Launched2 September 1983
Christened18 September 1981
Commissioned21 August 1986
HomeportRio de Janeiro
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeNiteroi-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2,380 long tons (2,420 t) light
  • 3,400 long tons (3,500 t) full load
Length129.2 m (424 ft)
Beam13.5 m (44 ft)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion
Speed30 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
Endurance45 days
Crew415
Armament
  • 2 40 mm Bofors L-70 cannons, in two single repairs,
  • 4 Hidroar 3APR 47 mm cannons:
  • 2 MV 508-mm light-emitting rocket launchers,
  • 2 Schermully 51-mm light-emitting rocket launchers
Aircraft carried1 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 facilitiesHelipad and hangar

History

The ship was one of the last to be built at the Arsenal docks in Rio de Janeiro with steel plates from CSN or Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, during the last Military Presidency of Brazil under President João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo. After 1985 no military ships were built at the Arsenal and the dry docks remained empty.

Brasil regularly makes a worldwide trip every two years, starting in Rio de Janeiro and visiting ports such as Lisbon, Hamburg and London. At Hamburg it holds the record for the naval ship most often visiting the city, with 28 calls at least. In London, it usually moors alongside the HMS Belfast, passing under Tower Bridge. The round trip is during Fall in Europe, mainly at end of September and middle of October, each time with new students or cadets on board. Most of time it held an Open Ship to local visitors and even souvenirs like a coin, caps, shirt and catalogue. Since the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, the souvenirs were cancelled, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the visits as well.[2][3]

References
  1. Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 1983. p. 56.
  2. "U27 Brasil" (in German). 2019-10-09.
  3. "Hamburger Hafen: Besonderes Schiff kommt heute – mit Rekord". 29 September 2021.
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