Brazilian frigate Liberal

1. Brazilian frigate Liberal · Wikipedia revision 1332662803 ↗

   Name

   Infobox · Name

   Liberal

   Namesake

   Infobox · Namesake

   Liberal

   Builder

   Infobox · Builder

   Vosper Thornycroft

   Launched

   Infobox · Launched

   7 February 1977

   Christened

   Infobox · Christened

   2 May 1975

   Commissioned

   Infobox · Commissioned

   18 November 1978

   Home port

   Infobox · Home port

   Rio de Janeiro

   Identification

   Infobox · Identification

   MMSI number : 710466000 Callsign : PWLI Pennant number : F-43

   Motto

   Infobox · Motto

   Nosso barco, nossa alma (Our boat, our soul)

   Nickname(s)

   Infobox · Nickname(s)

   Lili

   Status

   Infobox · Status

   Active

   Class & type

   Infobox · Class & type

   Niterói -class frigate

   Displacement

   Infobox · Displacement

   3.355 t (3.302 long tons )

   Length

   Infobox · Length

   129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)

   Beam

   Infobox · Beam

   13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)

   Draught

   Infobox · Draught

   5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)

   Propulsion

   Infobox · Propulsion

   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

   Speed

   Infobox · Speed

   30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (maximum) 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesels only)

   Range

   Infobox · Range

   5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi)

   Endurance

   Infobox · Endurance

   45 days

   Complement

   Infobox · Complement

   217

   Sensors & processing systems

   Infobox · 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

   Electronic warfare & decoys

   Infobox · Electronic warfare & decoys

   Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers

   Armament

   Infobox · 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

   Aircraft carried

   Infobox · Aircraft carried

   Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter

   Aviation facilities

   Infobox · Aviation facilities

   Helipad and hangar

   Used by

   Lead · explicit current service

   Liberal (F43) is a Niterói -class frigate of the Brazilian Navy . She was the fourth ship of her class ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. Liberal was launched on 7 February 1977, and was commissioned on 18 November 1978.

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