INTERNATIONAL SURFACE

NAVY SYMPOSIUM

Brazilian Navy
LCDR AZEVEDO March 8th 2004
 History
1822 – Independence Wars
Royal Navy standards

19th century – victorious river campaigns in Uruguay,

Argentina and Paraguay

WW I – patrol the African Coast between Dakar and

Gibraltar

WW II – Convoy escorting. Sixteen enemy subs

destroyed
 Strategic concept
Country with limited resources
Tasks:
•Naval presence
•Power projection
•Sea control
•Sea denial
 Operations Bases
• UNITAS
• FRATERNO
• STANAVFORLANT
(occasional)
Area
Rio de Janeiro
• DRAGÃO (Dragon)
 Naval Forces
Surface
Submarine
Naval Aviation
Patrol (Ocean and Rivers)
Minesweeping
Aircraft Carrier

CV São Paulo – A12

 Frigates

Niterói class

Greenhalgh class

Pará class
Corvettes

Inhaúma Class
Patrol

Bracuí Class

Grajaú Class

Pedro Teixeira Class

 Amphibious
LST Mattoso Maia - G28

Ceará class LSD

Tudo pela Pátria

Everything for the Country

Brazilian Navy Motto