Brazilian Navy
The Brazilian Navy (Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil, lit. 'Navy of Brazil') is the naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval operations.
| Brazilian Navy | |
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| Marinha do Brasil | |
Emblem of the Brazilian Navy | |
| Founded | 1822 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Type | Navy |
| Role | Naval warfare |
| Size | 80,507 personnel (incl 16,000 marines) Over 134 ships 81 aircraft |
| Part of | Brazilian Armed Forces |
| Headquarters | Brasília, DF |
| Patron | Marquis of Tamandaré |
| Motto(s) | Marinha do Brasil, protegendo nossas riquezas, cuidando da nossa gente (English: "Navy of Brazil, protecting our wealth, taking care of our people") |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| March | "Cisne Branco" (English: "White Swan") (same name as training ship Cisne Branco |
| Fleet | 1 helicopter carrier 5submarines 6 frigates 2 corvettes 4 amphibious warfare ships 5 mine countermeasures vessel 23 oceanic patrol boats 25 fast patrol craft 36 oceanic auxiliary ships 21 river patrol boats 12 river auxiliary ships |
| Engagements | War of Independence (1821–24) Confederation of the Equator (1824) Cisplatine War (1825–28) Cabanagem Revolt (1835–40) Ragamuffin War (1835–45) Balaiada Revolt (1835–41) Uruguayan Civil War (1839-51) Platine War (1851–52) Bahia incident (1864) Uruguayan War (1864–65) Paraguayan War (1864–70) Naval Revolt (1893–94) Federalist War (1893-1895) World War I (1917–18) Lieutenants Revolts (1922–27) Copacabana Fort revolt (1922) São Paulo Revolt (1924) Constitutionalist war (1932) World War II (1942–45) Lobster War (1961–63) Cold War (1964-1985) Araguaia guerrilla (1972–74) "UN missions" Haiti (2004–2017) Lebanon (2011–2020) |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Minister of Defence | José Múcio |
| Commander of the Navy | Marcos Sampaio Olsen |
| Notable commanders | Thomas Cochrane James Norton John Pascoe Grenfell Francisco, Baron of Amazonas Joaquim, Marquis of Tamandaré Joaquim, Viscount of Inhaúma Pedro Max Frontin Augusto Rademaker Grünewald |
| Insignia | |
| Ensign | |
| Jack | |
| Flag | |
| Roundel | |
| Racing stripe | |
| Logo | |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | A-4 Skyhawk |
| Helicopter | AS-332 Super Puma Super Lynx Esquilo Bell Jet Ranger SH-60 Seahawk Eurocopter EC725 Eurocopter EC135 |
| Reconnaissance | Carcará FT-100 Horus ScanEagle |
| Brazilian Navy of the Brazilian Armed Forces |
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| History and future |
| Commands and components |
| Air and space command |
| Fleet |
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The navy was involved in Brazil's war of independence from Portugal. Most of Portugal's naval forces and bases in South America were transferred to the newly independent country. The government maintained a sizeable naval force in the initial decades following independence. The navy was later involved in the Cisplatine War, the River Plate conflicts, the Paraguayan War as well as other sporadic rebellions that marked Brazilian history.
By the 1880s, the Brazilian Imperial Navy was the most powerful in South America. After the 1893–1894 naval rebellion, there was a hiatus in the development of the navy until 1905, when Brazil acquired two of the most powerful and advanced dreadnoughts of the day which sparked a dreadnought race with Brazil's South American neighbours. The Brazilian Navy participated in both World War I and World War II, engaging in anti-submarine patrols in the Atlantic.
The modern Brazilian Navy includes British-built guided missile frigates (FFG), locally built corvettes (FFL), coastal diesel-electric submarines (SSK), and many other river and coastal patrol craft.