Brazilian corvette Inhaúma

Cv 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: V-30
Fate	Sunk as target, 2019
General characteristics
Class and 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 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 and processing systems	Radar: Plessey AWS-4, Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, Selenia Orion RTN 10X Sonar: Krupp Atlas ASO4 Mod 2
Armament	1 × single 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval guns 2 × single Bofors 40 mm guns 4 × Exocet SSMs 2 × triple Mark 32 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Super Lynx
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar

Cv Inhaúma (V-30) was the lead ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1]

Construction and career

The ship was built at

She was

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]

Gallery

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  Cv Inhaúma on 31 March 2007
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  Cv Jaceguai and Cv Inhaúma on 8 January 2015
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  Cv Jaceguai and Cv Inhaúma on 13 October 2017

References