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Brazilian helicopter carrier Atlântico is a amphibious Assault Ship. It was built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd , Kværner (Govan). Reported operators include Royal Navy.
HMS Ocean
Royal Navy
11 May 1993
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd , Kværner (Govan)
30 May 1994
11 October 1995
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
30 September 1998
27 March 2018
Major 2012–2014
HMNB Devonport , Plymouth
IMO number : 9079456 MMSI number : 234643000 Callsign : GCOU
Ex undis surgit victoria (From the waves rises victory)
Al Faw 2003
Sold to Brazil
Purchased on 19 February 2018, from the Royal Navy
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Amphibious Assault Ship
21,500 t (21,200 long tons; 23,700 short tons)
203.4 m (667 ft)
35 m (115 ft)
6.5 m (21 ft)
2x Crossley Pielstick PC2 Mk-6 MW 12 cylinder.
10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) cruise 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) max
8,000 miles (13,000 km)
1 Seaboat (Pacific 22 Mk2) 4 × LCVP Mk5B
40 vehicles
830
285 + 180 aviation personnel
Type 997 Artisan radar Type 1008 Navigational Radar 2 × Type 1007 Aircraft Control Radar
UAT Electronic Support Measures DLH decoy Launchers Surface Ship Torpedo Defence (SSTD)
4 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns 4 × Miniguns 8 × General purpose machine guns
Up-to 18 helicopters: EC725 Caracal S-70B Seahawk AS350 Écureuil
Large flight deck Hangar deck Helicopter lifts Vehicle deck
To see troops carried, armament and aircraft carried while in service with the Royal Navy See HMS Ocean
NAM Atlântico (A140) (previously PHM Atlântico (A140)) is an amphibious helicopter carrier and current flagship of the Brazilian Navy .
In December 2017, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the purchase of the ship for £84.6 million, equivalent to R$359.5M and USD $113.2M. Following her decommissioning from Royal Navy service in March 2018, she would undertake a period of maintenance in the United Kingdom and was expected to arrive in Rio de Janeiro by 25 August 2018, with the intention of being commissioned and fully operational by 2020. Brazilian defence officials confirmed the purchase, as well as officials from the UK MoD, as of 17 February 2018.
The Brazilian Navy commissioned the multi-purpose helicopter carrier Atlântico (A140) on 29 June in the United Kingdom. The helicopter carrier package for Brazil includes an Artisan 3D search radar , KH1007 surface surveillance radar system, four 30 mm DS30M Mk 2 remote weapon systems and four Mk 5B landing craft. However, the three original 20 mm Mk 15 Block 1B Phalanx close-in weapon systems, the torpedo defence systems and 7.62 mm M134 machine guns were removed from the ship before the transfer to Brazil. The ship displaces 21,578 tonnes, is 203.43 m long and has a range of 8,000 n miles. The ship underwent maintenance work by Babcock and BAE Systems in February.
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Brazilian helicopter carrier Atlântico equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BrazilNavy exact named equipment holdings: Atlantico (ex-UK Ocean) (capacity 18 hels; 4 LCVP; 40 vehs; 800 troops). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS / LPH. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.