Brazilian corvette Jaceguai
Appearance
Cv Jaceguai
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History | |
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Brazil | |
Name | Jaceguai |
Namesake | Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai |
Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
Launched | 8 June 1987 |
Commissioned | 2 April 1991 |
Decommissioned | 18 September 2019 |
Identification | Pennant number: V-31 |
Status | Sunk as target, 2021 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Inhaúma-class corvette |
Displacement | |
Length | 95.8 m (314 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 145 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Super Lynx |
Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
Cv Jaceguai (V-31) was the second ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 8 June 1987 and commissioned on 2 April 1991.
She was decommissioned on 18 September 2019.[2][3]
During MISSILEX on 24 June 2021, an AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile was launched from an AH-15B helicopter against the former Jaceguai's hull which later sank.[4][5]
Gallery
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Cv Jaceguai on 9 February 2011
References
[edit]- ^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- ^ "Mostra de Desarmamento do NDCC 'Garcia D´Avila'". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Rivas, Santiago (10 September 2019). "Cost concerns force Brazilian Navy to decommission ships". janes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "MISSILEX 2021: Lançamento de míssil antinavio AM39 Exocet por helicóptero AH-15B contra o casco da ex-corveta Jaceguai". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ says, Koprowski (2021-01-12). "Aspirantex/2021: NAM 'Atlântico' realiza exercícios de preparação com os Aspirantes". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
External links
[edit]Media related to Cv Jaceguai (V-31) at Wikimedia Commons