Artist's rendering of the class
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Class overview | |
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Name | Tamandaré class |
Builders | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí |
Operators | Future operators Brazilian Navy |
Cost | €500 million per boat[1] |
Built | 2022-present |
In service | 2026[1] |
Planned | 4 |
Building | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided-missile 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 | |
Propulsion | CODAD |
Speed | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) maximum speed |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) |
Complement | 136 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one medium-lift helicopter |
Notes | Sources:[2][3][4][5][6] |
The Tamandaré class are a class of future stealth guided-missile frigates for the Brazilian Navy, based on the MEKO family of ships. The project is being developed by the Ministry of Defence and the Águas Azuis consortium, composed of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Embraer Defense & Security. The construction of the four planned frigates started in 2022 and are scheduled to be delivered between 2024 and 2028.[1][7]
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History
The program 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.[8][9]
Several companies from seventeen countries entered in the competition opened by the Ministry of Defence, offering different types of projects and offset packages.[10] On 16 May 2017, the list of all participating companies was released.[10]
On 15 October 2018, after more than a year of studies by the Directorate of Program Management of the Navy (DGePM) and the Naval Projects Management Company (EMGEPRON), the short-list of the finalist projects was released, the selected projects were:[11]
Consortium | Builder | Parent Design |
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Águas Azuis | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems | Gawron-class corvette |
Damen-Saab Tamandaré | Damen Schelde | Sigma 10514 corvette |
Villegagnon | Naval Group | Gowind 2500 corvette |
FLV | Fincantieri | MB indigenous corvette project |
On 28 March 2019, the winning project was presented, the Águas Azuis consortium led by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with a project of the 3,500-ton MEKO A-100-class corvette.[12] In April of the same year, the class was reassigned from corvette to frigate.[13]
The contract of €2 billion,[1] was signed between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium on 6 March 2020.[14] The Brazilian Navy plans to order two more class frigates, extending the total to six boats.[15]
In January 2021, ThyssenKrupp confirmed the acquisition of the Oceana shipyard in Itajaí, becoming the company's first shipyard in Latin America, with the objective of building the new Brazilian frigates, and future sales to other navies in the region.[16]
The construction of the first frigate, Tamandaré (F200) started on 5 September 2022,[17] with the second boat, Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201), on 1 November 2023.[18] The first boat, Tamandaré, is planned to be launched on August 2024.[19]
Characteristics
The class was designed as multi-mission frigates, able to fulfill the anti-aircraft warfare role with surface-to-air missiles, anti-surface warfare with the Brazilian MANSUP missiles, and anti-submarine warfare.
The combat management system (CMS) and the integrated platform management system (IPMS), designed by Atech, a subsidiary of Embraer, are a version derived from the Atlas ANCS and L3 Mapps, exclusively designed to meet the Brazilian requirements.[4]
The class will be the first globaly equipped with the Sea Snake, a new close-in weapon system of the German defense company Rheinmetall, armed with the KCE30 30 mm revolver cannon, with ABM (air burst ammunition) capability.[20][21][22]
Several of the technologies used in the design, construction and the systems of the class, are the result of technology transfer agreements signed between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium.[23]
Ships of the class
The names of the four boats were selected in 2014 to represent key people in the history of the Imperial Brazilian Navy:[9]
- Tamandaré, named after admiral Joaquim Marques Lisboa, the Marquis of Tamandaré, which served in the Brazilian War of Independence, Cisplatine War, Uruguayan War and the Paraguayan War. A national military hero, he stands as the patron of Brazilian Navy.
- Jerônimo de Albuquerque, named after Jerônimo de Albuquerque Maranhão [pt], a Brazilian born Portuguese nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator of Captaincy of Pernambuco.
- Cunha Moreira, named after admiral Luís da Cunha Moreira [pt], he was Minister of War and fought in the Portuguese conquest of French Guiana.
- Mariz e Barros, named after first lieutenant Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros, son of Joaquim José Inácio, the Viscount of Inhaúma. He was the captain of the ironclad Tamandaré in the Paraguayan War.
The first boat, Tamandaré, will be identified by the hull number F200, in reference to Brazil's 200 years of independence completed in 2022.
Italics indicate estimated date.
Name | Hull Number | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
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Tamandaré | F200 | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí | 24 March 2023[24] | August 2024[19] | 2026 | Under construction; first steel cut 5 September 2022[17] |
Jerônimo de Albuquerque | F201 | 6 June 2024[25] | Projected 2026[26] | 2027 | Under construction; first steel cut 1 November 2023[18] | |
Cunha Moreira | F202 | TBD | TBD | 2028 | Awarded[1] | |
Mariz e Barros | F203 | TBD | TBD | 2029 | Awarded[1] | |
TBC | TBC | Option[15] | ||||
TBC | TBC | Option[15] |
See also
- Formidable-class frigate (Singapore)
- Daegu-class frigate (South Korea)
- Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate (Russia)
- Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (France)
- Type 31 frigates (United Kingdom)
- Riachuelo-class submarines
References
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- ^ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Projeto Classe Tamandaré: Marinha do Brasil seleciona a melhor oferta". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Batimento de quilha da Fragata 'Tamandaré' será em março de 2023". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b "Classe Tamandaré - Marinha do Brasil encerra a primeira etapa do projeto de obtenção". Defesa Net (in Portuguese). 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Marinha do Brasil divulga short-list do Projeto classe Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Projeto Classe Tamandaré Marinha do Brasil seleciona a melhor oferta". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese). 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Corvetas classe Tamandaré serão redesignadas como Fragatas". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Marinha realiza Cerimônia de Assinatura do Contrato de Construção das Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 5 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "EXCLUSIVO: Marinha já planeja a quinta Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Estaleiro responsável por construir as fragatas Classe Tamandaré agora é thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucará Defensa (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b Storto, Margarete (1 November 2023). "Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré: primeiro corte de aço marca início da construção da segunda fragata". TKMS (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ a b "La primer fragata Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil será botada durante el próximo mes de agosto". Zona Militar (in Spanish). 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Rheinmetall: SeaSnake close to production". European Defence Review. 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Compra de munição para o canhão de 30 mm SeaSnake da fragata Tamandaré". Poder Naval. 15 March 2024.
- ^ "SEASNAKE30" (PDF). Rheinmetall. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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- ^ "Inovação na construção naval militar no País marca Batimento de Quilha da Fragata Tamandaré" (PDF). Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese). 24 March 2023.
- ^ Storto, Margarete (6 June 2024). "Batimento de Quilha do segundo navio marca avanço no Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". TKMS (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Launch F201" (in Portuguese). TKMS. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.