Amazonas-class corvette

BNS Araguari departing Portsmouth for Brazil on 12 July 2013.
Class overview
Builders: BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Operators:  Brazilian Navy
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
General characteristics
Type: Offshore Patrol Vessel
Displacement: 2,000 t (2,000 long tons; 2,200 short tons)[1]
Length: 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)[1]
Beam: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)[1]
Propulsion:
  • 2 × MAN 16V28/33D diesel engines, 14,700kW/10,950HP, 2 shafts
  • 2 × controllable-pitch propellers
Speed: 25 kn (46 km/h)[1]
Range: 5,500 nmi (10,200 km)[1]
Endurance: 35 days[1]
Complement: 80[2]
Sensors and
processing systems:
Armament:
Aviation facilities: 20 meter flight deck[1]

The Amazonas class are three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) built by VT Shipbuilding (now BAE Systems Surface Ships). The ships entered service with the Brazilian Navy during 2012 and 2013.

Design and build

The vessels are based on the Royal Navy's River-class patrol vessel, are 90m long, and have 80 man crews plus accommodation for 40 troops.[4] They are designed to perform a range of Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) management, special operations and maritime law enforcement tasks.

The first vessel was named Port of Spain at her launch, at BAE Systems Surface Ships’ Portsmouth facility, on 18 November 2009.

The second was named Scarborough on her launch a day later at Scotstoun in Glasgow, and began sea trials in July 2010, reaching 25.38 knots.[5]

The third was named San Fernando when launched on 16 July 2010 at Scotstoun on the River Clyde.[6]

Operators

The Amazonas class were originally named as the Port of Spain class and built for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. Then, despite two of the vessels having been completed at the time and awaiting delivery, and with crew training ongoing in the UK,[7] the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) cancelled the order in September 2010.

In December 2011 it was reported that the Brazilian Navy were interested in buying the vessels, and possibly up to five additional vessels of the same design.<ref name=Brazil could buy the 3 BAE System's OPV that were canceled by Trinidad and Tobago>"Brazil could buy the 3 BAE System's OPV that were canceled by Trinidad and Tobago". Retrieved 2011-12-14. </ref> The sale, for £133 million, was then confirmed on 2 January 2012.[8]

Amazonas was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 29 June in Portsmouth. During her one-month voyage to Brazil, she docked in the cities of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte and Salvador, Bahia in September, and was expected to arrive in Rio de Janeiro on 5 October.[9][10]

Ships of Class

 Pennant No   Name   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Fleet   Status   Remarks 
P120 Amazonas BAE Systems Portsmouth 18 November 2009 29 June 2012 Grouping Naval Southeast (Brazilian Navy) In service Ex-Port of Spain
P121 Apa BAE Systems Scotstoun, Glasgow. Scotland 15 July 2010 30 November 2012 Grouping Naval Southeast (Brazilian Navy) In service Ex-Scarborough
P122 Araguari BAE Systems Scotstoun, Glasgow. Scotland 16 July 2010 21 June 2013 Grouping Naval Northeast (Brazilian Navy) In service[2] Ex-San Fernando

Images

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Offshore Patrol Vessels". www.baesystems.com. BAE Systems. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Third BAE Systems built OPV for Brazilian Navy "ARAGUARI" handed over during ceremony". June 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.ultra-ccs.com/about/news/details.php?id=8
  4. ↑ "Third BAE Systems built OPV for Brazilian Navy "ARAGUARI" handed over during ceremony". Naval Recognition. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  5. ↑ "Scarborough is ship-shape". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  6. ↑ "Trindad & Tobago Ships Sail into the Clyde for First Sea Trials". defpro. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  7. ↑ "BAE may lose £150m ship deal". The News. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  8. ↑ "BAE Systems sells patrol vessels to Brazil". BBC News. 2012-01-02.
  9. ↑ http://dialogo-americas.com/en_GB/articles/rmisa/features/regional_news/2012/10/03/feature-ex-3561
  10. ↑ "UK Welcomes 250th Brazilian Navy Sailor for Maiden Sea Trials". April 9, 2013.

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