Brazilian frigate Mariz e Barros

History
Brazil
Name	Mariz e Barros
Namesake	Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros
Ordered	6 March 2020
Builder	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí
Cost	US$555 million (2023) (est.)
Identification	F203
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class & type	Tamandaré-class frigate
Displacement	3.500 t (3.445 long tons)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Installed power	4 × 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);
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 × RHIBs
Complement	c. 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	Missiles:; 12-cell VLS for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles; 8 MANSUP anti-ship missiles; Torpedoes:; 2 × triple Mark 54 torpedo tubes; Guns:; 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun; 1 × Sea Snake 30 mm gun ; 2 × Sea Defender 12.7 mm guns; 2 × General purpose machine guns or 0.50 calibre heavy machine guns;
Aircraft carried	S-70B Seahawk or H225M; ScanEagle;
Notes	Sources:

Mariz e Barros (F203) will be the fourth Tamandaré-class stealth frigates for the Brazilian Navy.

History

Mariz e Barros 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.^[9]^[10]^[6]

Notes

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

References

^ "Classe Tamandaré: contrato foi reajustado para mais de 11 bilhões de reais no ano passado". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 10 November 2023.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
^ "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
^ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
^ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
^ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
^ "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

[3] Fitted to hold land-attack and anti-ship missiles^[2]

[5] rmed with Penguin anti-ship missiles, or Mark 54 anti-submarine torpedoes

[6] rmed with Exocet anti-ship missiles

[:0-1] "Classe Tamandaré: contrato foi reajustado para mais de 11 bilhões de reais no ano passado". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 10 November 2023.

[:4-2] "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.

[4] "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.

[Laid_down_F200-7] "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.

[Characteristics_2-8] "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.

[Characteristics_3-9] "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.

[Characteristics_4-10] "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.

[Characteristics_5-11] "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.

[Projeto_Marinha-12] "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).

[ships_names-13] "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

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Tamandaré-class frigates
Tamandaré Jerônimo de Albuquerque Cunha Moreira
Preceded by: Broadsword – Niterói
List of active Brazilian Navy ships