Brazilian frigate União

1. Brazilian frigate União · Wikipedia revision 1357300917 ↗

   Name

   Infobox · Name

   União

   Namesake

   Infobox · Namesake

   União

   Builder

   Infobox · Builder

   Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro

   Launched

   Infobox · Launched

   14 March 1975

   Christened

   Infobox · Christened

   11 June 1972

   Commissioned

   Infobox · Commissioned

   12 September 1980

   Home port

   Infobox · Home port

   Rio de Janeiro

   Identification

   Infobox · Identification

   MMSI number : 710467000 Callsign : PWUN Pennant number : F-45

   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

   União (F45) is a Niterói -class frigate of the Brazilian Navy . The União was the sixth ship of her class ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. The União was launched on 14 March 1975, and was commissioned on 12 September 1980.

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