Brazilian corvette Barroso (V-34)

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History
Brazil
NameBarroso
NamesakeFrancisco Manoel Barroso da Silva
Ordered1993
BuilderArsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Laid down21 December 1994
Launched20 December 2002
Commissioned19 August 2008
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeBarroso-class corvette
Displacement
Length103.4 m (339 ft)
Beam11.4 m (37 ft)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (27,490 shp) and 2 × MTU 1163 TB93 diesel engines driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration
Speed
  • 27+ knots (50+ km/h)
  • 20.5 knots (38 km/h) on diesels alone
Range4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement154 (~25 officers, 125 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × RAN-20S 2-D air- and surface-search radar
  • 1 × Terma SCANTER surface-search radar
  • 1 × Furuno FR-8252 navigation radar
  • 1 × Orion RTX-30 fire-control radar
  • 1 × Saab EOS-400 optronic fire-control system
  • EDO 99 C hull-mounted sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Elebra ET/SLQ-1A ECM, Cutlass B1BW ESM system, Elebra SLDM chaff/decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Westland Super Lynx Mk.21A
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar

Cv Barroso (V-34) is a corvette of the Brazilian Navy, and the lead ship of its sub class. The fifth Brazilian warship to be named after Admiral Francisco Manoel Barroso da Silva, Barroso was launched on 20 December 2002 and commissioned on 19 August 2008.[1]

  1. ^ "Cv Barroso – V 34". Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Poder Naval Online. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved on July 23, 2009.