Brazilian corvette Frontin (V-33)
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![]() Cv Frontin
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History | |
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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 | |
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 |
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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 |
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Armament |
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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
NT Almirante Gastão Motta and Cv Frontin
References
- ^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- ^ "Poder Naval Online - Dossiê". 2008-02-26. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Brazilian Navy fires missiles against retired Frontin corvette | IHS Jane's 360". 2016-05-25. Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Baixa do Serviço Ativo da fragata 'Bosísio' e da corveta 'Frontin'". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Casco da ex-corveta 'Frontin' é afundado na Operação MISSILEX 2016". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
External links
Media related to Cv Frontin (V-33) at Wikimedia Commons