Grajaú-class patrol boat explained

The Grajaú class is a class of patrol boats of the Brazilian Navy. Grajaú was the first of twelve Grajaú-class patrol boats ordered by the Brazilian Navy in September 1990. Grajaú was launched on 21 May 1993, and was commissioned on 1 December 1993.^[1]

History

In June 2009, NPa Grajaú participated in the recovery mission of the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.

Ships

Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	N.B.
Grajaú	P40	1993	200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Guaíba	P41		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Graúna	P42		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Goiana	P43		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Guajará	P44		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Guaporé	P45		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Gurupá	P46		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Gurupi	P47		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Guanabara	P48		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Guarujá	P49		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Guaratuba	P50		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
Gravataí	P51		200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel
	P11	2009	200 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel	Operated by Namibian Navy^[2]

Notes and References

http://www.naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br/G/G038/G038.htm NPa Grajaú - P 40
Web site: New warship docks in Namibia | Informante . www.informante.web.na . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405214718/http://www.informante.web.na/node/3859 . 5 April 2018 . dead.