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Brazilian frigate Liberal
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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 Liberallarger figure on 3 of 3
SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brazilian frigate Liberal | SAS Charlotte Maxeke |
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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] | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] |
| Name | Liberal[source] | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] |
| Namesake | Liberal[source] | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft[source] |
62 m (203 ft)[source]
Maximum
Single sourceMaximum; diesels only
Single source30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (maximum) 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesels only)[source]
Maximum; Submerged
Single sourceMaximum; Surfaced
Single sourceRange
Single source5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi)[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling
Single sourceat 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced
Single sourceat 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced, 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling , 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] |
| Launched | 7 February 1977[source] | 4 May 2005[source] |
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| Christened | 2 May 1975[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 18 November 1978[source] | 14 March 2007[source] |
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| Home port | Rio de Janeiro[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 710466000 Callsign : PWLI Pennant number : F-43[source] | — |
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| Motto | Nosso barco, nossa alma (Our boat, our soul)[source] | — |
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| Nickname(s) | Lili[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Niterói -class frigate[source] | Heroine-class submarine[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] | Sonar : STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar : Surface search I-band Optics : Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers[source] | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[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] | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar[source] | — |
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| Used by | Brazilian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
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| Test depth | — | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] |
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10 knots (19 km/h), surfaced; 21.5 knots (40 km/h), submerged[source]