en Brazilian frigate Mariz e Barros

History
Brazil
Name	Mariz e Barros
Namesake	Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros
Ordered	6 March 2020
Builder	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí
Cost	€518 million
Identification	F203
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type	Tamandaré-class frigate
Displacement	3.500 t (3.445 long tons)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	CODAD; 4 × MAN V12 28/33D 5,460 kW (7,320 hp) each; 4 × Caterpillar C32 1,417 kW (1,900 hp) each; 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers; Total output: 27,508 kW (36,889 shp);
Speed	25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × RHIBs
Complement	136
Sensors and ; processing systems	Atlas ANCS combat management system; Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA C-band multi-function radar; Anschütz NautoScan X-band navigation radar; Thales STIR 1.2 EO Mk2 medium and long-range tracking radar; Safran PASEO XLR extra long-range EO/IR and FCS system; SATCOM terminal with SGDC satellite link; Atlas ASO 713 hull-mounted sonar; Hensoldt Mode 5 IFF system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Omnisys MAGE Defensor Mk3 ESM system; Terma anti-torpedo decoys; Seagnat chaff dispensers;
Armament	1 × 12-cell VLS for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles; 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola); 1 × Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm CIWS; 2 × Sea Defender 12.7 mm RWS; 8 × MANSUP anti-ship missiles; 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 54 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	S-70B Seahawk or H225M helicopter; ScanEagle UAV;
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one medium-lift helicopter
Notes	Sources:

Mariz e Barros (F203) will be the fourth Tamandaré-class stealth frigates for the Brazilian Navy.

History

Mariz e Barros 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.^[6]^[7]^[3]

References

^ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
^ "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
^ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
^ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
^ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
^ "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

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[Laid_down_F200-1] "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.

[Characteristics_2-2] "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.

[Characteristics_3-3] "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.

[Characteristics_4-4] "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.

[Characteristics_5-5] "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.

[Projeto_Marinha-6] "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).

[ships_names-7] "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

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