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Brazilian tanker Almirante Gastão Mottalarger figure on 2 of 3
German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source135 m (443 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brazilian tanker Almirante Gastão Motta | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) |
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| Power | 2 Wärtsilä Vasa marine diesel engines 11,700 hp[source] | CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source] |
| Name | Almirante Gastão Motta[source] | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] |
| Namesake | Almirante Gastão Motta[source] | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] |
| Operator |
149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
standard crew: 110
Single source190 (standard crew: 110)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Brazilian Navy[source] |
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| Builder | Ishikawajima do Brasil Estaleiros[source] | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] |
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| Launched | 1 July 1990[source] | 24 May 2017[source] |
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| Christened | 11 December 1989[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 26 November 1991[source] | 13 July 2022[source] |
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| Home port | Rio de Janeiro[source] | — |
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| Identification | IMO number : 8715558 MMSI number : 710416000 Callsign : PWGM Pennant number : G23[source] | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] |
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| Motto | Nós fazemos a Esquadra ir mais longe ( We take the fleet farther )[source] | — |
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| Nickname(s) | São Bernardo ( The Saint Bernard )[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | In active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Almirante Gastão Motta -class tanker[source] | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] |
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| Capacity | 4,400 tons (fuel)[source] | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] |
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| Role | Almirante Gastão Motta -class replenishment oiler of the Brazilian Navy[source] | — |
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| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 29 January 2015[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 28 January 2022[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] |
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| Armament | — | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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