Grajaú-class patrol boat
Appearance
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![]() NPa Grajaú (P40)
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Class overview | |
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Name | Grajaú class |
Builders | AMRJ, Estaleiro Mauá, Peene-Werft, INACE |
Operators | |
Succeeded by | Macaé class |
In commission | 1993-present |
Building | 1993-2009 |
Completed | 12 |
Active | 12 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 197 tons standard, 217 tons full load |
Length | 46.5 m (152 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | 2 × 2,740 hp (2,040 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 16V 396 TB94 diesel engines |
Speed | 26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph) |
Range | 2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Rigid-hulled inflatable boat |
Complement | 31 |
Crew | 29 |
Sensors and processing systems | Decca 1290A, equipped with Global Maritime Distress Safety System and night vision |
Armament |
The Grajaú class is a class of patrol boats of the Brazilian Navy. Grajaú was the first of twelve Grajaú-class patrol boats ordered by the Brazilian Navy in September 1990. Grajaú was launched on 21 May 1993, and was commissioned on 1 December 1993.[1]
History
[edit]In June 2009, NPa Grajaú participated in the recovery mission of the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
Ships
[edit]Boat | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Origin | N.B. |
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Grajaú | P40 | 1993 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Guaíba | P41 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Graúna | P42 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Goiana | P43 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Guajará | P44 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Guaporé | P45 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Gurupá | P46 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Gurupi | P47 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Guanabara | P48 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Guarujá | P49 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Guaratuba | P50 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Gravataí | P51 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
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Brendan Simbwaye | P11 | 2009 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
Operated by Namibian Navy[2] |
References
[edit]- ^ NPa Grajaú - P 40 Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on June 03 2009.
- ^ "New warship docks in Namibia | Informante". www.informante.web.na. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.