Brazil Exports Naval Ship To Namibia / Brazil Will Supply Namibian Navy With A Patrol Ship And Two Patrol Boats - Report

Brazil Exports Naval Ship To Namibia / Brazil Will Supply Namibian Navy With A Patrol Ship And Two Patrol Boats - Report (NSI News Source Info) BRASILIA - January 20, 2009: As a result of the tightening of relations between the governments of Brazil and Namibia, an agreement was signed in June 2004 for the supply of a patrol ship and two patrol boats to the navy of this African country.

The patrol ship, christened “Brendan Simbwaye” and armed with cannons and machine guns, is 46.5 meters long, can reach a maximum speed of 27 knots, and will be used to patrol and monitor Namibia’s coastline.

In 2009 handed patrol vessel "Brendan Simbwaye" commissioned by the Navy Emgepron Namibia equal to the hull of the class NPA Grajaú. This is the first ship to be built by a private yard in Brazil to sell a vessel of war to a friend of Brazil.

The project was managed by EMGEPRON, a public company tied to the Brazilian Navy, which guaranteed the ship’s quality as well as the armament installation and will provide logistic support to the Namibian navy.

For the construction of the vessels, the government of Namibia selected Indústria Naval do Ceará - INACE, based in Fortaleza, which had acquired the necessary know-how and technology by building Grajau-class patrol boats for the Brazilian Navy.

Since its founding the Brazilian Navy is the customer site. Between years 1996 to 2000 the INAC set another milestone in the construction of belonaves in Brazil with the construction of patrol vessels "Guanabara" and "Guarujá" Class Grajaú. The Brazilian Navy has a fleet of 12 vessels built under the same project and INAC was the only national private yard to deliver the vessels on time. The other boats were built in a German yard (six boats) and the other four were completed by the Navy Arsenal in Rio de Janeiro. In 2009 handed patrol vessel "Brendan Simbwaye" commissioned by the Navy Emgepron Namibia equal to the hull of the class NPA Grajaú. This is the first ship to be built by a private yard in Brazil to sell a vessel of war to a friend of Brazil.

This successful initiative, in addition to generating employment, developing production as well as naval technologies, also opens new perspectives for the export of naval ships, and will thus contribute to the expansion of the country’s defence industry.

The patrol boat “Brendan Simbwaye” will be commissioned into the Namibian Navy on January 16, 2009, and a ceremony will be held at the INACE shipyard in the presence of the authorities including Governor of the state of Cearà, the Defence Ministers of Brazil and Namibia, the Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade; the commanders of the Brazilian and Namibian navies; and the Prefect of Fortaleza.

General characteristics:

-- displacement: 197 tonnes empty, 217 tonnes loaded;

-- Length: 46.5 meters, beam 7.5 meters and draught 2.3 meters;

-- propulsion: 2 MTU 16V 396 TB94 diesel engines rated at 2,740 bhp each, coupled to two shafts with fixed-pitch, three-bladed propellers.

-- fuel: 23 tonnes.

-- maximum speed: 26.5 knots; cruise speed: 22 knots.

-- range: 2,200 nautical miles at 12 knots (10 days).