Brazilian corvette Júlio de Noronha

Júlio de Noronha (V32) is the third ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1][2]

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
Identification	Pennant number: V32
Status	Active
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 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.^[3]