Cv Caboclo (V19) | |
History | |
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Brazil | |
Name | Caboclo |
Namesake | Caboclo |
Operator | Brazilian Navy |
Builder | Bodewes Scheepswerf |
Launched | 26 August 1954 |
Christened | 8 October 1953 |
Commissioned | 16 July 1955 |
Identification |
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Nickname(s) | Chico Bento (Chuck Billy) |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Imperial Marinheiro-class corvette |
Displacement | 911 tons standard, 1,025 tons full load |
Length | 55.72 m (182.8 ft) |
Beam | 9.55 m (31.3 ft) |
Draught | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
Ice class | 1A |
Propulsion | 2 Sulzer 6TD36 1,080 hp |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 19,000 nmi (35,000 km; 22,000 mi) |
Crew | 64 |
Sensors and processing systems | Navigation Radar |
Armament |
Cv Caboclo (V19) is an Imperial Marinheiro-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy. Caboclo was the fifth of the Imperial Marinheiro-class corvettes ordered by the Brazilian Navy in 1953. Caboclo was launched on 19 August 1954, and commissioned on 16 July 1955.
History
The corvette Caboclo (V19) is the fourth ship to bear this name in the Brazilian Navy.
In June 2009, Caboclo participated in the recovery mission of the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
References
- ^ "NGB - Corveta Caboclo - V 19". www.naval.com.br. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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