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Brazilian frigate Jerônimo de Albuquerque

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NameJerônimo de Albuquerque
NamesakeJerônimo de Albuquerque Maranhão [pt]
Ordered6 March 2020
BuilderThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí
Cost$555 million
Laid down6 June 2024
IdentificationF201
StatusUnder construction
General characteristics
Class and typeTamandaré-class frigate
Displacement3.500 t (3.445 long tons)
Length107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Installed power4 × Caterpillar C32 diesel generators 1,417 kW each
Propulsion
Speed
  • Maximum: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
  • Economy: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIBs
Complement136
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • SIGINT/ESM suite:
  • Omnisys MAGE Defensor ESM system
  • Countermeasures:
  • Terma decoy launching system
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and enclosed hangar for one medium-lift helicopter
NotesSources:[5][6][7][8][9]

Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201) is a Tamandaré-class stealth frigates under construction for the Brazilian Navy.

History

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Jerônimo de Albuquerque is part of a program that was created in 2017 with the main purpose of replacing the Niterói-class frigates in operation since 1975 and the Type 22s acquired second-hand from the UK in the 1990s.[10][11]

The final configuration of armaments and sensors was announced on 10 June 2021.[7] The boat is under construction by the Águas Azuis consortium composed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and the Ministry of Defence, at the Brazilian city of Itajaí with the first steel cut on 1 November 2023.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Fitted to hold land-attack and anti-ship missiles[3]
  2. ^ armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles, or Mark 54 anti-submarine torpedoes
  3. ^ armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles

References

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  1. ^ "Sea Ceptor". MBDA. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  2. ^ "ExLS" (PDF). Lockheed Martin. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ "El legado de la Clase Niterói: Brasil está a un paso de la botadura de la primera fragata clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ "La Armada de Chile conoce el programa de construcción de las fragatas clase Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 9 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
  11. ^ "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).
  12. ^ Storto, Margarete (6 June 2024). "Batimento de Quilha do segundo navio marca avanço no Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". thyssenkrupp (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
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