V-34 Barroso

Country:  Brazil

Class, [Type]: Barroso, [FF].

Builder: Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Launch date: 20 December 2002.

Commission date: 19 August 2008.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.785 standard, 2.350 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 103,4 x 11,4 x 5,3

Main machinery: CODOG: 1 x G.E. LM 2500 gas turbine ( 27.490 hp ), 2 x MTU 1163 TB93 diesels, 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 27.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 150 ( 25 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 114mm/55 Vickers Mk8, 1 x 40mm/70 Bofors Mk3.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x MM40 Exocet Block I/II.

Torpedoes: 2 × 324mm ARES SLT Mod 400 triple-tube launchers ( Mk46 Mod5 torpedoes ).

Radar: Air/Surface search: 1 x RAN-20S, 2D; Surface search: 1 x Therma SCANTER; Navigation: 1 x Furuno FR-8252; Fire Control: 1 x RTN-30X ( main gun ), 1 x Saab EOS-400 ( 40mm gun ).

Sonar: EDO 997 C, hull-mounted, low frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Elebra SLDM chaff/decoy launchers; ECM/ESM: Elebra ET/SLQ-1A, Cutlass B1BW.

Helicopter: 1 x Westland Super Lynx Mk.21A.