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Macaé-class Patrol Vessel
The ''Macaé'' class are a series of offshore patrol vessels being built for the Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy () is the navy, naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval warfare, naval operations. The navy was involved in War of Independence of Brazil#Naval action, Brazil's war of independence ... by Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro. History The class was based on the CMN Vigilante 400 CL54 design. The first two ''Macaé''-class ships were built by INACE, following a 2006 contract. It was delivered in 2012, while the second ship was delivered in 2010. The construction of ''Maracanã'' and ''Mangaratiba'' was halted in the mid-2010s, and restarted in the early 2020s. The laid down of ''Miramar'' took place in November 2024. Ships of the class References Ships built in Brazil Patrol vessels of the Brazilian Navy Patrol ship classes {{Brazil-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsenal De Marinha Do Rio De Janeiro
The Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal (; AMRJ) is a military organization of the Brazilian Navy. It is located in Ilha das Cobras, at the Guanabara Bay, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The Arsenal is the main maintenance center and naval base of the Brazilian Navy, involving the design, construction and maintenance of ships and submarines, not only for the Brazilian Navy, but also friendly nations. The AMRJ provides shipbuilding services both for military strategic reasons (mastery of technologies, seeking the reduction of external dependence), as economic ones, seeking nationalisation of components and the encouragement of domestic industry. History The institution dates back to the installation of the Arsenal of Rio de Janeiro, at the foot of the hill of St. Benedict. Created on 29 December 1763, by the governor-general of Brazil António Álvares da Cunha, 1st Count da Cunha, with the purpose of repairing ships of the Portuguese Navy. At the time, the capital of the colony was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |