Brazilian frigate Cunha Moreira

	Cunha Moreira
History
Brazil
Name	Cunha Moreira
Namesake	Luís da Cunha Moreira
Ordered	6 March 2020
Builder	TKMS, Itajaí
Cost	US$555 million (est.)
Laid down	5 June 2025
Launched	26 June 2026
Sponsored by	Marcela Olsen
Identification	F202
Status	Fitting out
General characteristics
Class & type	Tamandaré-class frigate
Displacement	3.500 t (3.445 long tons)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Installed power	4 × Caterpillar C32 diesel generators 1,417 kW each
Propulsion	CODAD; 4 × MAN V12 28/33D 5,460 kW (7,320 hp) each; 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers; Total output: 21,280 kW (28,540 shp);
Speed	Maximum: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph); Economy: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph);
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 × RHIBs
Complement	c. 130
Sensors &; processing systems	Atlas ANCS combat management system; Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA C-band multi-function radar; Anschütz NSX X-band navigation radar; Atlas ASO 713 hull-mounted sonar; Thales STIR 1.2 EO fire control radar; Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical system; Identification Friend or Foe system; SATCOM system;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Omnisys MAGE Defensor ESM system; Terma C-Guard decoy launching system;
Armament	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (in stealth cupola); 1 × Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm CIWS; 2 × FN Herstal Sea Defender 12.7 mm RWS; 2 × twin missile canisters for up to 8 MANSUP anti-ship missiles; 1 × 12-cell VLS for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles; 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 54 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 S-70B Seahawk or H225M helicopter; 1 Unmanned Air Systems: Boeing Insitu ScanEagle;
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Cunha Moreira (F202) is the third Tamandaré-class stealth 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.^[10]^[11]^[7]

Notes

↑ Armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles, or Mark 54 anti-submarine torpedoes
↑ Armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles

References

↑ "Classe Tamandaré: contrato foi reajustado para mais de 11 bilhões de reais no ano passado". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 10 November 2023.
↑ "Marinha realizou o Batimento de Quilha da Fragata 'Cunha Moreira' (F 202)". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 5 June 2025. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025.
↑ Venâncio, Júlia (26 June 2026). "Sistema de mísseis e canhões de última geração: como é a Fragata Cunha Moreira, novo navio de guerra da Marinha". G1 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 June 2026.
↑ "La Armada de Chile conoce el programa de construcción de las fragatas clase Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 9 April 2025.
↑ "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
↑ "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.
1 2 "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
↑ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
↑ "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.
↑ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
↑ "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

[5] Armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles, or Mark 54 anti-submarine torpedoes

[6] Armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles

[:0-1] "Classe Tamandaré: contrato foi reajustado para mais de 11 bilhões de reais no ano passado". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 10 November 2023.

[2] "Marinha realizou o Batimento de Quilha da Fragata 'Cunha Moreira' (F 202)". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 5 June 2025. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025.

[3] Venâncio, Júlia (26 June 2026). "Sistema de mísseis e canhões de última geração: como é a Fragata Cunha Moreira, novo navio de guerra da Marinha". G1 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 June 2026.

[4] "La Armada de Chile conoce el programa de construcción de las fragatas clase Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 9 April 2025.

[Laid_down_F200-7] "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.

[Characteristics_2-8] "Navio de guerra da Marinha construído em SC faz parte de projeto bilionário de defesa nacional". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 August 2024.

[Characteristics_3-9] 1 2 "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.

[Characteristics_4-10] "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.

[Characteristics_5-11] "Brasil coloca la quilla de la fragata Jerônimo de Albuquerque F-201, la segunda de la clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 7 June 2024.

[Projeto_Marinha-12] "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).

[ships_names-13] "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).

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Tamandaré-class frigates
Tamandaré Jerônimo de Albuquerque Cunha Moreira Mariz e Barros F204 F205 F206 F207
Preceded by: Broadsword – Niterói – Inhaúma
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