Brazilian corvette Jaceguai

Jaceguai (V31) was the second ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1]

Jaceguai
History
Brazil
Name	Jaceguai
Namesake	Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Launched	8 June 1987
Commissioned	2 April 1991
Decommissioned	18 September 2019
Identification	Pennant number: V31
Fate	Sunk as target, 2021
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 8 June 1987 and commissioned on 2 April 1991.

She was decommissioned on 18 September 2019.^[2][3]

During MISSILEX on 24 June 2021, an AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile was launched from an AH-15B helicopter against the former Jaceguai's hull which later sank.^[4][5]