Brazilian corvette Jaceguai
Inhaúma-class corvettes
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Jaceguai (V31) was the second ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.[1]
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NameJaceguai
Launched8 June 1987
Jaceguai | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Brazil | |
| Name | Jaceguai |
| Namesake | Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai |
| Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
| Launched | 8 June 1987 |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1991 |
| Decommissioned | 18 September 2019 |
| Identification | Pennant number: V31 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 2021 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Inhaúma-class corvette |
| Displacement | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad |
Construction and career
The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 8 June 1987 and commissioned on 2 April 1991.
She was decommissioned on 18 September 2019.[2][3]
During MISSILEX on 24 June 2021, an AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile was launched from an AH-15B helicopter against the former Jaceguai's hull which later sank.[4][5]
