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Brazilian frigate Independência
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Marinha do Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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Brazilian frigate Independêncialarger figure on 4 of 5
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
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Measured figures
Length
Single source129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brazilian frigate Independência | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | CODOG , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42,000 kW (56,000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13,000 kW (17,000 hp ) combined[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Independência[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Namesake | Independência[source] | — |
| Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro[source] | — |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
Range
Single source5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Launched |
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2 September 1974[source] |
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| Christened | 11 June 1972[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 3 September 1979[source] | — |
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| Home port | Rio de Janeiro[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 710466000 Callsign : PWIN Pennant number : F-44[source] | — |
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| Motto | A Independência de todos depende de cada um de nós English: "Everyone's Independence depends on each one of us"[source] | — |
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| Nickname(s) | Léo Pirata[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Niterói -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 45 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Modernized: Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | Modernized: 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 114 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar[source] | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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| Used by | Brazilian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
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| Operators | — | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Alvand class[source] |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — | 0?[source] |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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