Brazilian frigate Jerônimo de Albuquerque

Jerônimo de Albuquerque
History
Brazil
NameJerônimo de Albuquerque
NamesakeJerônimo de Albuquerque Maranhão
Ordered6 March 2020
BuilderThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí
CostUS$555 million (2023) (est.)[1]
Laid down6 June 2024[2]
Launched8 August 2025[3]
Sponsored byMaria Lúcia Guimarães Ribeiro Alckmin
IdentificationF201
StatusFitting out
General characteristics
Class & typeTamandaré-class frigate
Displacement3.500 t (3.445 long tons)
Length107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Installed power4 × Caterpillar C32 diesel generators 1,417 kW each
Propulsion
  • CODAD
  • 4 × MAN V12 28/33D 5,460 kW (7,320 hp) each
  • 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers
  • Total output: 21,280 kW (28,540 shp)
Speed
  • Maximum: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
  • Economy: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIBs
Complementc. 130
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Atlas ANCS combat management system
  • Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA C-band multi-function radar
  • Anschütz NSX X-band navigation radar
  • Atlas ASO 713 hull-mounted sonar
  • Thales Group STIR 1.2 EO fire control radar
  • Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical system
  • Identification Friend or Foe system
  • SATCOM system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Omnisys MAGE Defensor ESM system
  • Terma C-Guard decoy launching system
Armament
Aircraft carried
NotesSources:[6][7][8][9][10]

Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201) is a Tamandaré-class stealth frigates under construction for the Brazilian Navy.

History

Jerônimo de Albuquerque is part of a program that was created in 2017 with the main purpose of replacing the Niterói-class frigates in operation since 1975 and the Type 22s acquired second-hand from the UK in the 1990s.[11][12]

The final configuration of armaments and sensors was announced on 10 June 2021.[8] The boat is under construction by the Águas Azuis consortium composed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and the Ministry of Defence, at the Brazilian city of Itajaí with the first steel cut on 1 November 2023.[13]

The vessel was launched on 8 August 2025 by Lady Maria Lúcia Guimarães Ribeiro Alckmin, wife of Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ Fitted to hold land-attack and anti-ship missiles[4]
  2. ^ armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles, or Mark 54 anti-submarine torpedoes
  3. ^ armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles

References

  1. ^ "Classe Tamandaré: contrato foi reajustado para mais de 11 bilhões de reais no ano passado". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ Storto, Margarete (6 June 2024). "Batimento de Quilha do segundo navio marca avanço no Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". thyssenkrupp (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ Souza, Ricardo (8 August 2025). "Fragata 'Jerônimo de Albuquerque' é lançada em SC com a presença do vice-presidente do Brasil". Portal SSC 10 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 August 2025.
  4. ^ "El legado de la Clase Niterói: Brasil está a un paso de la botadura de la primera fragata clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ "La Armada de Chile conoce el programa de construcción de las fragatas clase Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 9 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
  12. ^ "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).
  13. ^ Storto, Margarete (6 June 2024). "Batimento de Quilha do segundo navio marca avanço no Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". thyssenkrupp (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Fragata 'Jerônimo de Albuquerque' será batizada pela esposa do vice presidente". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 7 August 2025.
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