Barroso underway for the first time during sea trials |
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| Career (Brazil) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Barroso (V34) |
| Namesake: | Francisco Manoel Barroso da Silva |
| Ordered: | 1993 |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
| Laid down: | 21 December 1994 |
| Launched: | 20 December 2002 |
| Commissioned: | 19 August 2008 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Barroso class |
| Type: | Corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,785 tons standard, 2,350 tons full load |
| Length: | 103.4 m |
| Beam: | 11.4 m |
| Draught: | 5.3 m |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 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 |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 154 (~25 officers, 125 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × RAN-20S 2-D air- and surface-search radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Elebra ET/SLQ-1A ECM, Cutlass B1BW ESM system, Elebra SLDM chaff/decoy launchers |
| Armament: |
1 × 4.5 in (113 mm) Vickers Mk.8 gun |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Westland Super Lynx Mk.21A |
Cv Barroso (V34) is a corvette of the Brazilian Navy, and the lead ship of its 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] A sister ship will be constructed and sold to Equatorial Guinea.