Engineering:Grajaú-class patrol boat
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.jpg) NPa Grajaú (P40)
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Grajaú class |
| Builders: | AMRJ, Estaleiro Mauá, Peene-Werft, INACE |
| Operators: | |
| Succeeded by: | Macaé class |
| In commission: | 1993-present |
| Building: | 1993-2009 |
| Completed: | 12 |
| Active: | 12 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 197 tons standard, 217 tons full load |
| Length: | 46.5 m (152 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: | 2 × 2,740 hp (2,040 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 MTU 16V 396 TB94 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph) |
| Range: | 2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 2 × Rigid-hulled inflatable boat |
| Complement: | 31 |
| Crew: | 29 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Decca 1290A, equipped with Global Maritime Distress Safety System and night vision |
| Armament: |
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The Grajaú class is a class of patrol boats of the Brazilian Navy. Grajaú was the first of twelve Grajaú-class patrol boats ordered by the Brazilian Navy in September 1990. Grajaú was launched on 21 May 1993, and was commissioned on 1 December 1993.[1]
History
In June 2009, NPa Grajaú participated in the recovery mission of the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
Ships
| Boat | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Origin | N.B. |
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| NPa Grajaú | P40 | 1993 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel |  Brazil |
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| NPa Guaíba | P41 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Graúna | P42 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Goiana | P43 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Guajará | P44 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Guaporé | P45 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Gurupá | P46 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Gurupi | P47 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Guanabara | P48 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Guarujá | P49 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Guaratuba | P50 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NPa Gravataí | P51 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
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| NS Brendan Simbwaye | P11 | 2009 | 200 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Brazil |
Operated by Namibian Navy[2] |
References
- ↑ NPa Grajaú - P 40 Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on June 03 2009.
- ↑ "New warship docks in Namibia | Informante". http://www.informante.web.na/node/3859.
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