Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel

	Araguari departing Portsmouth for Brazil on 12 July 2013
Class overview
Builders	BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Operators	Brazilian Navy
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	2,000 t (2,000 long tons; 2,200 short tons)
Length	90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 × MAN 16V28/33D diesel engines, 14,700 kW (19,713 hp), 2 shafts; 2 × controllable-pitch propellers;
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km)
Endurance	35 days
Complement	80
Sensors and ; processing systems	Batch 2:; Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar; Terma Scanter 4100 2D radar; BAE CMS-1; Shared Infrastructure operating system;
Armament	1 × 30 mm DS30M cannon; 2 × 25 mm guns; 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns;
Aviation facilities	20 m (66 ft) flight deck

The Amazonas class comprises three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by VT Shipbuilding (now BAE Systems Surface Ships). The ships entered service with the Brazilian Navy during 2012 and 2013.

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