Brazilian corvette Inhaúma

Inhaúma (V30) was the lead ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1]

Inhaúma
History
Brazil
Name	Inhaúma
Namesake	Inhaúma
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Launched	13 December 1986
Commissioned	12 December 1989
Decommissioned	25 November 2016
Refit	2008
Identification	Pennant number: V30
Fate	Sunk as target, 2019
General characteristics
Class & type	Inhaúma-class corvette
Displacement	1,700 t (1,670 long tons) standard 2,000 t (1,970 long tons) full load
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	2 shaft CODOG 1 GE LM 2500 gas turbine - 20,500 kW (27,500 hp) 2 MTU 16 V 396 TB 91 diesel engines 5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
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	Plessey AWS-4 radar Krupp Atlas ASO4 Mod 2 sonar
Armament	1 × 114 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 4 × Exocet SSMs 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes
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 13 December 1986 and commissioned on 12 December 1989.

She was decommissioned on 25 November 2016.^[2]

On June 18, 2019, Inhaúma was sunk as target during a Brazilian Navy missile test exercise, having been hit by an AGM-119 Penguin anti-ship missile launched from an SH-helicopter. 16 Seahawk, as well as other bombs used against it during this exercise.^[3]