Brazilian corvette Frontin (V33)
.jpg) Cv Frontin
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| History | |
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 Brazil | |
| Name | Frontin |
| Namesake | Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin |
| Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
| Launched | 6 February 1992 |
| Commissioned | 11 March 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 2015 |
| Identification | Pennant number: V33 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Inhaúma-class corvette |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 95.8 m (314 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad |
Frontin (V33) was the fourth ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.[1][2]
Construction and career
[edit]The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 6 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 March 1994.
She was decommissioned on 23 September 2015.[3][4]
On 12 April 2016, the former Frontin was sunk as a target ship during a training exercise.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- ^ "Poder Naval Online - Dossiê". 2008-02-26. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Brazilian Navy fires missiles against retired Frontin corvette | IHS Jane's 360". 2016-05-25. Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Baixa do Serviço Ativo da fragata 'Bosísio' e da corveta 'Frontin'". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Casco da ex-corveta 'Frontin' é afundado na Operação MISSILEX 2016". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
External links
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Media related to Cv Frontin (V-33) at Wikimedia Commons