Brazilian Navy (2023)

Current Active Inventory: 46 Fleet Units

Last Updated: 12/13/2023 | © www.WDMMW.org

The following represents an overview of the modern naval fighting capabilities of the Brazilian Navy (2023). The service currently counts 46 total units in its active naval inventory. This total includes frontline commissioned vessels but excludes smaller patrol vessels, auxiliary / survey ships, replenishment, and historical ceremonial types. The WDMMW review takes into account specific categories of warships covering attack, defense, and general support designs. Inventory numbers and related unit types are provided as-is and derived from publically-available information / sources. "On Order" totals found at the bottom of this article are related to any future hulls currently under procurement/construction though said hulls may not be delivered for service in the current year for various reasons.

Total Units: 46

TvR:
39.9

True Value Rating takes into account current strengths/weaknesses, matched against the highest-rated service (the USN yields a top rating of 323.9).

Global Rank:
24/35

A total of 35 naval services from 35 nations currently tracked. Current Ranking.

FORCE CONCENTRATION:

Carriers: 1 units
Submarines: 7 units
Fleet Core: 35 units
Amphib Asslt: 3 units

FORCE BALANCE:

AVERAGE

Fleet covers basic operating requirements by addressing primary categories.

SUPPLIERS:
National flag of the United States

HULL PREFIX:
"BNS"

ESTABLISHED:
1822
201 yrs ago
as the "Marinha do Brasil"

MEDIAN HULL AGE:
30.3
Years

HULL AGE VISUALIZATION

♦

Unit Age Color Key

0 to 15 yrs

16 to 25 yrs

26 to 30 yrs

>30 yrs

Age plays a vital role in the life of any warship as hulls and various onboard technologies are pushed to the limit, ultimately exposed to the corrosive and generally unforgiving effects of life at sea. Such degradation often leads to modernizations, refits, or outright retirement. Our color gauge attempts to showcase a vessel's current state within the fleet, helping to detail those outgoing vessels against those at the midway point of their service or those just having been commissioned.

Helicopter Carriers (1)

Hulls focused on launching, retrieval, and maintenance of mulitiple rotary-wing platforms.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

5yrs

Atlantico

A140

Ocean-class

Total Units: 1 (2%)

NOTES: Atlantico is the former Royal Navy HMS Ocean.

Submarines (7)

Hulls developed for undersea/submersible operation; nuclear-powered or conventionally-powered.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

34yrs

Tupi

S30

Tupi-class

29yrs

Tamoio

S31

Tupi-class

27yrs

Timbira

S32

Tupi-class

24yrs

Tapajo

S33

Tupi-class

18yrs

Tikuna

S34

Tupi-class

5yrs

Riachuelo

S40

Scorpene-class

3yrs

Humailta

S41

Scorpene-class

Total Units: 7 (15%)

NOTES: The Tupi-class is the German-built Type 209 series submarine.

Frigates (6)

Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than Destroyers, though larger than corvettes, having Blue Water capabilities.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

46yrs

Defensora

F41

Niteroi-class

45yrs

Constituicao

F42

Niteroi-class

45yrs

Liberal

F43

Niteroi-class

44yrs

Independencia

F44

Niteroi-class

43yrs

Uniao

F45

Niteroi-class

26yrs

Rademaker

F49

Type 22-class

Total Units: 6 (13%)

NOTES: The first four vessels of the Niteroi-class were built in England; Brasil U27 is used in a training role.

Corvettes (2)

Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than frigates but larger than OPVs, capable of operating independently or as part of the main fighting fleet.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

31yrs

Julio d.Noronha

V32

Inhauma-class

18yrs

Barroso

V34

Inhauma-class

Total Units: 2 (4%)

NOTES: de Noronha (V32) joined the fleet in 1992 at 1,900 tonnes while Barroso (V34) arrived in 2005 at 2,500 tonnes.

Mine Warfare (5)

Hulls outfitted for the purpose of mine countermeasures/countermine warfare.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

51yrs

Aratu

M15

Aratu-class

50yrs

Atalaia

M17

Aratu-class

50yrs

Aracatuba

M18

Aratu-class

49yrs

Abrolhos

M19

Aratu-class

49yrs

Albardao

M20

Aratu-class

Total Units: 5 (11%)

NOTES: All Aratu-class ships were built in Germany.

Offshore Patrol Vessels (22)

Hulls defined as OPVs and outfitted for the purpose of close-to-shore defense / deterrence.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

68yrs

Caboclo

V19

Imp. Marinheiro-class

11yrs

Amazonas

P120

Amazonas-class

11yrs

Apa

P121

Amazonas-class

10yrs

Araguari

P122

Amazonas-class

30yrs

Bracui

P60

Bracui-class

30yrs

Benevente

P61

Bracui-class

30yrs

Bocaina

P62

Bracui-class

30yrs

Babitonga

P63

Bracui-class

14yrs

Macae

P70

Macae-class

13yrs

Macau

P71

Macae-class

30yrs

Grajau

P40

Grajau-class

29yrs

Guaiba

P41

Grajau-class

29yrs

Grauna

P42

Grajau-class

29yrs

Goiana

P43

Grajau-class

28yrs

Guajara

P44

Grajau-class

28yrs

Guapore

P45

Grajau-class

28yrs

Gurupa

P46

Grajau-class

27yrs

Gurupi

P47

Grajau-class

27yrs

Guanabara

P48

Grajau-class

25yrs

Guaruja

P49

Grajau-class

25yrs

Guaratuba

P50

Grajau-class

24yrs

Gravatai

P51

Grajau-class

Total Units: 22 (48%)

Amphibious Assault (3)

Hulls designed specifically for the support of amphibious-minded, offshore / close-to-shore operations.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

8yrs

Bahia

G40

Foudre-class

22yrs

Mattoso Maia

G28

Newport-class

14yrs

Almirante Saboia

G25

Round Table-class

Total Units: 3 (7%)

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