Brazilian frigate Mariz e Barros

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

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.)[1]
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[a] 8 MANSUP anti-ship missiles[3] 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[b] or H225M[c] ScanEagle
Notes	Sources:[4][5][6][7][8]

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

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