Brazilian corvette Júlio de Noronha

	Cv Júlio de Noronha
History
Brazil
Name	Júlio de Noronha
Namesake	Júlio César de Noronha
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Launched	15 December 1989
Commissioned	7 October 1992
Identification	Pennant number: V-32
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Inhaúma-class corvette
Displacement	1,700 t (1,670 long tons) standard; 2,000 t (1,970 long tons) full load;
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	2 shaft CODOG; 1 GE LM 2500 gas turbine - 20,500 kW (27,500 hp); 2 MTU 16 V 396 TB 91 diesel engines 5,600 kW (7,500 hp);
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	Radar: Plessey AWS-4, Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, Selenia Orion RTN 10X; Sonar: Krupp Atlas ASO4 Mod 2;
Armament	1 × Mk 8 114 mm (4.5 in) gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 Bofors AA guns; 4 × Exocet SSMs ; 6 × Mk 32 324 mm (13 in) anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Super Lynx
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar

Cv Júlio de Noronha (V-32) is the third ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1]^[2]

Construction and career[edit]

The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 15 December 1989 and commissioned on 7 October 1992.

In May 1997, she joined F União and S Tamoio while participating at the invitation of Portugal in NATO's Linked Seas '97 Operation, held offshore between 15 and 19 May of the Iberian Peninsula, between the Portuguese coast and the Strait of Gibraltar. Among other ships, the Amyot D'Inville participated in this exercise. This exercise lasted 68 days and sailed over 12,000 nautical miles, with the GT returning to the Rio de Janeiro Naval Base on June 16.^[3]

Gallery[edit]

Cv Júlio de Noronha on 2 January 2004
Cv Júlio de Noronha on 29 November 2005
Cv Júlio de Noronha on 13 January 2019

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.
^ "Poder Naval Online - Dossiê". 2008-02-26. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ "NGB - Corveta Júlio de Noronha - V 32". www.naval.com.br. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

External links[edit]

Media related to Cv Julio de Noronha (V32) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] 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.

[2] "Poder Naval Online - Dossiê". 2008-02-26. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

[3] "NGB - Corveta Júlio de Noronha - V 32". www.naval.com.br. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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v t e Inhaúma-class corvettes
Inhaúma Jaceguai Júlio de Noronha Frontin Barroso
Preceded by: Imperial Marinheiro class Followed by: Amazonas class
List of ships of the Brazilian Navy