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	€500 million
Identification	F203
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Type	Tamandaré-class frigate
Displacement	3,500 t (3,400 long tons; 3,900 short tons)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Installed power	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);
Propulsion	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement
Speed	Maximum: 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 × RHIB
Complement	26 officers and 110 enlisted crew
Sensors and ; processing systems	Search radars: Hensoldt TRS-4D multi-function Active electronically scanned array radar, X/S-band; Electro-optical sensors: Thales STIR 1.2 EO Mk2, Safran PASEO XLR; Sonar: Atlas ASO 713 hull sonar; Electronic warfare: Omnisys MAGE Defensor Mk3 ESM/ECM/ELINT; Decoys: Terma C-Guard SKWS decoy launching systems;
Armament	Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), 1 × Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm CIWS, 2 × FN Herstal Sea DeFNder 12.7 mm RWS; Anti-air: 1 × 12-cell GWS-35 VLS for MBDA CAMM surface-to-air missiles; Anti-ship: 2 × dual canisters for MANSUP missiles; Anti-submarine: 2 × triple tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × S-70B Seahawk or Airbus H225M or Super Lynx Mk.21B, 1 × 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 guided-missile frigate 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.^[7]^[8]^[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.
^ "Classe Corveta Tamandaré - As corvetas podem virar fragatas". Defesa Net (in Portuguese). 10 January 2018.
^ "EXCLUSIVO: Marinha já planeja a quinta Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 December 2019.
^ "Marinha compra quatro fragatas por R$ 9,1 bilhões". UOL (in Portuguese). 4 March 2020.
^ "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.

[Specifications-4] "Classe Corveta Tamandaré - As corvetas podem virar fragatas". Defesa Net (in Portuguese). 10 January 2018.

[MEKO_class_proposal-5] "EXCLUSIVO: Marinha já planeja a quinta Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 December 2019.

[Cost-Characteristics-6] "Marinha compra quatro fragatas por R$ 9,1 bilhões". UOL (in Portuguese). 4 March 2020.

[Projeto_Marinha-7] "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).

[ships_names-8] "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

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