Macaé-class patrol vessel

The Macaé class are a series of offshore patrol vessels being built for the Brazilian Navy by INACE to a CMN Vigilante 400 CL54 design.

Class overview
NameMacaé class
BuildersAMRJ, INACE
Operators Brazilian Navy
Preceded by Grajaú class
In commission2009–present
Planned7
Building2006–present
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
TypeOffshore patrol vessel
Tonnage477 tons
Displacement500 tons
Length55.6 m (182 ft 5 in)
Beam9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2 × MTU 16V 4000 M90
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement35
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT Integrated Bridge Navigation System[1]
  • with FT250 X band and S band radars
Electronic warfare
& decoys

Ships of class
Name Pennant Laid down Commissioned
Macaé P70 24 November 2006 13 December 2009
Macau P71 17 July 2007 30 November 2010
Maracanã P72 25 November 2009 Planned 2020[4]
Mangaratiba P75 TBD Planned 2022[5]

References
  1. "Integrated Bridge Systems for New Brazil Navy Patrol Boats". Sperry Marine. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  2. "ST Engineering's Land Systems Arm Secures Naval Gun Contract From Brazilian Navy". ST Engineering. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. "Brazil set to procure BAE Systems Bofors 40 mm weapons". Janes. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. "Marinha vai concluir a construção dos NPa Maracanã e Mangaratiba no AMRJ". Poder Naval. 29 December 2019.
  5. "Marinha vai concluir a construção dos NPa Maracanã e Mangaratiba no AMRJ". Poder Naval. 29 December 2019.
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