Brazilian frigate Cunha Moreira

History
Brazil
Name	Cunha Moreira
Namesake	Luís da Cunha Moreira
Ordered	6 March 2020
Builder	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí
Cost	€518 million
Identification	F202
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type	Tamandaré-class frigate
Displacement	3,500 t (3,400 long tons; 3,900 short tons)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	CODAD 4 × MAN V12 28/33D 5,460 kW (7,320 hp) each 4 × Caterpillar C32 1,417 kW (1,900 hp) each 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers Total output: 27,508 kW (36,889 shp)
Speed	25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × RHIBs
Complement	136
Sensors and processing systems	Search radar: Hensoldt TRS-4D Active electronically scanned array multi-function radar Navigation radar: Anschuetz NautoScan NX Fire-control radars: Thales STIR 1.2 EO Mk2, Safran PASEO XLR Sonar: Atlas ASO 713 hull sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Electronic support measures: Omnisys MAGE Defensor Mk3 Decoys: Terma 130 mm decoy launchers, Seagnat chaff dispensers
Armament	Guns: Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), Sea Snake 30 mm CIWS, 2 × Sea Defender 12.7 mm RWS Anti-air: 12-cell Vertical launching system for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles Anti-ship: 8 × MANSUP anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine: 2 × triple tubes with reloads for Mark 54 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 × S-70B Seahawk multi-mission helicopter, 1 × ScanEagle UAV
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one medium-lift helicopter
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Cunha Moreira (F202) will be the third Tamandaré-class stealth guided-missile frigate for the Brazilian Navy.

History

Cunha Moreira 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.