Brazilian corvette Frontin (V-33)

	Cv Frontin
History
Brazil
Name	Frontin
Namesake	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Launched	6 February 1992
Commissioned	11 March 1994
Decommissioned	23 September 2015
Identification	Pennant number: V-33
Fate	Sunk as target, 2016
General characteristics
Class and type	Inhaúma-class corvette
Displacement	1,700 t (1,670 long tons) standard; 2,000 t (1,970 long tons) full load;
Length	95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.4 m (37 ft 5 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODOG; 1 GE LM 2500 gas turbine - 20,500 kW (27,500 hp); 2 MTU 16 V 396 TB 91 diesel engines 5,600 kW (7,500 hp);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar: Plessey AWS-4, Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, Selenia Orion RTN 10X; Sonar: Krupp Atlas ASO4 Mod 2;
Armament	1 × Mk 8 114 mm (4.5 in) gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 Bofors AA guns; 4 × Exocet SSMs ; 6 × Mk 32 324 mm (13 in) anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Super Lynx
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar

Cv Frontin (V-32) was the fourth ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1]^[2]

Construction and career

The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 6 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 March 1994.

She was decommissioned on 23 September 2015.^[3]^[4]

On 12 April 2016, the former Frontin was sunk as a target ship during a training exercise.^[5]

^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
^ "Poder Naval Online - Dossiê". 2008-02-26. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ "Brazilian Navy fires missiles against retired Frontin corvette | IHS Jane's 360". 2016-05-25. Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ "Baixa do Serviço Ativo da fragata 'Bosísio' e da corveta 'Frontin'". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ "Casco da ex-corveta 'Frontin' é afundado na Operação MISSILEX 2016". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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Preceded by: Imperial Marinheiro class Followed by: Amazonas class
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