Brazilian corvette Júlio de Noronha
Inhaúma-class corvettes
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Júlio de Noronha (V32) is the third ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.[2][3]
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Júlio de Noronha | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Brazil | |
| Name | Júlio de Noronha |
| Namesake | Júlio César de Noronha |
| Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
| Launched | 15 December 1989 |
| Commissioned | 7 October 1992 |
| Decommissioned | 15 June 2026[1] |
| Identification | Pennant number: V32 |
| Status | Decommissioned[1] |
| 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 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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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 15 December 1989 and commissioned on 7 October 1992.
In May 1997, she joined F União and S Tamoio while participating at the invitation of Portugal in NATO's Linked Seas '97 Operation, held offshore between 15 and 19 May of the Iberian Peninsula, between the Portuguese coast and the Strait of Gibraltar. Among other ships, the Amyot D'Inville participated in this exercise. This exercise lasted 68 days and sailed over 12,000 nautical miles, with the GT returning to the Rio de Janeiro Naval Base on June 16.[4]
