 | This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. (February 2019) |
.svg) |
| Brazilian Navy of the Brazilian Armed Forces |
|---|
| History and future |
| Commands and components |
| Air and space command |
| Fleet |
The Brazilian Navy (Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil, lit. 'Navy of Brazil') is the naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval operations.
The navy was involved in Brazil's war of independence from Portugal. Most of Portugal's naval forces and bases in South America were transferred to the newly independent country. The government maintained a sizeable naval force in the initial decades following independence. The navy was later involved in the Cisplatine War, the River Plate conflicts, the Paraguayan War as well as other sporadic rebellions that marked Brazilian history.
By the 1880s, the Brazilian Imperial Navy was the most powerful in South America. After the 1893–1894 naval rebellion, there was a hiatus in the development of the navy until 1905, when Brazil acquired two of the most powerful and advanced dreadnoughts of the day which sparked a dreadnought race with Brazil's South American neighbours. The Brazilian Navy participated in both World War I and World War II, engaging in anti-submarine patrols in the Atlantic.
The modern Brazilian Navy includes British-built guided missile frigates (FFG), locally built corvettes (FFL), coastal diesel-electric submarines (SSK), and many other river and coastal patrol craft.
- ^ Comandante da Marinha confirma nova esquadra no Nordeste [Navy commander confirms new Northeastern fleet] (in Portuguese), Marinha do Brasil, 2009-01-26, archived from the original on 2011-05-24, retrieved 2009-02-01.