U-27 Brasil

Country:  Brazil

Class, [Type]: [AXT].

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

Launch date: 23 September 1983.

Commission date: 21 August 1986.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.400 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 131,25 x 13.52 x 4,21

Main machinery: 2 x Ishikawajima do Brasil-Pielstick 6 PC. 2 L400 diesels ( 7.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Range ( miles ): 7.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 218 ( 28 officers ) + 204 cadets.

Guns: 2 x Bofors L70 40mm/70.

Helicopter: Can operate a light helicopter at stern.

Callsign: PWBL ()

Comment: Currently the training ship of the Marinha. Replaced transport Custñdio de Mello (G 20, then U 26) for training cadets from the naval and merchant marine academies.

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