15-529: F45 may refer to: Ships [ edit ] Brazilian frigate União (F-45) , a Niterói-class frigate of the Brazilian Navy HMS ; Hector (F45) , an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal Navy HMS ; Khartoum (F45) , a K-class frigate of the Royal Navy HMS Minerva (F45) , a Leander -class frigate of
30-525: Is a Niterói -class frigate of the Brazilian Navy . She was the fourth ship of her class ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. Liberal was launched on 7 February 1977, and was commissioned on 18 November 1978. She is the fourth ship in the Brazilian Navy's history to bear the name Liberal , originally held by a corvette in the Brazilian Navy's first fleet . On 15 October 1998,
45-429: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brazilian frigate Uni%C3%A3o F União (F-45) is a Niterói -class frigate of the Brazilian Navy . The União was the sixth ship of her class ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. The União was launched on 14 March 1975, and was commissioned on 12 September 1980. In 2003, União underwent
60-540: Is expected to last until 14 October. In August 2024, she took part in joint exercise Fraterno XXXVII in the South Atlantic along with the submarine Tikuna , as well as the Argentine Navy 's destroyer Sarandí , offshore patrol vessel Almirante Storni and corvette Espora . The exercise's anti-submarine warfare element focused on reconnaissance, sonar tracking, search and attack by surface units, whereas
75-613: The French frigate Jean de Vienne off the Lebanese coast. In October, she took part in light cargo transfer exercises with other MTF vessels, such as the Indonesian Navy 's KRI Sultan Hasanuddin , and the German Navy 's Magdeburg and Gepard . She would later take part in the live fire exercise Blue Hurricane with other MTF vessels and another light cargo transfer exercise with
90-498: The Ivory Coast , São Tomé e Príncipe , Cameroon , Nigeria and Cape Verde , helping train local forces in boarding and anti-piracy operations. In 2023, the frigate, accompanied by her sister ship Independência and the submarine Tikuna , conducted joint exercises with the destroyer Sarandí and the offshore patrol vessel Bartolomé Cordero of the Argentine Navy . Brazilian frigate Liberal F Liberal (F-43)
105-629: The Turkish frigate TCG Kemalreis . Liberal would be relieved of her UNIFIL duties by Constituição on 13 January 2013. During her first voyage to Lebanon, she interrogated 661 vessels in the Lebanese exclusive economic zone , designated 266 merchant vessels for Lebanese inspection, and recorded over 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) of patrols in United Nations service. In her way back towards Rio de Janeiro , she performed PASSEX, Helo Cross Deck and Light-Line exercises with
120-1020: The helivac of a crewman who had reported chest pains aboard the Maltese merchant vessel Silent , taking him to the Saint George hospital in Beirut. On 7 February 2017, Liberal reached the milestone of 2,700 days at sea during a patrol. She would be relieved by União , which arrived in the Mediterranean on 8 March 2017. She reached the milestone of 3,000 total days at sea on 17 September 2019. Liberal departed from Rio de Janeiro on 6 August 2023 for Operation Guinex III, which sought to develop interoperability between Brazilian and West African partner nations in maritime security operations, and having GRUMEC operators provide training in subjects such as boarding and inspection of unknown vessels, anti-piracy , transiting under asymmetrical threats, among others. The operation
135-585: The Armed Forces of Portugal and other participants. On 11 June 2008, she participated in commemorations related to the Naval Battle of Riachuelo in the port of Lisbon and made operational visits. On 15 May 2012 she arrived at Lebanon to relieve União and take up duty as the flagship of UNIFIL 's Maritime Task Force, patrolling the waters around Lebanon and training local forces in boarding and inspection operations. In 3 September, she performed PASSEX with
150-849: The French frigate Jean Bart off the coast of Beirut and docked at Civitavecchia from 21 to 24 January. In 25 January, she met the Royal Canadian Navy 's HMCS Toronto to the south of Sardinia , where the two frigates performed PASSEX and leap frog exercises despite adverse sea conditions. In 2014, Liberal had her second tenure as flagship of the UNIFIL MTF, arriving at Beirut on 11 January to relieve União and arrived back in Rio on 27 September. On 7 September 2016, she arrived at Beirut for her third UNIFIL voyage, relieving Independência . On 28 September 2016, her Super Lynx helicopter performed
165-884: The Royal Navy INS ; Teg (F45) , a Talwar -class frigate of the Indian Navy Aircraft and Airports [ edit ] Firecatcher F-45 , a single-turboprop aircraft designed for aerial firefighting, air freight and commuter airlines. Fairchild 45 , a rare American 1930s vintage aircraft North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport , in Florida (location identifier: F45) Other uses [ edit ] BMW 2 Series (F45) , an automobile EMD F45 , an American diesel-electric locomotive F45 Training , an Australian multinational chain of fitness clubs Somatic symptom disorder (medical classification code: F45) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
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#1732848137515180-451: The modernization process, which provided the vessel with an increase in its operating life. At the time, weapons and submarine detection systems were replaced by state-of-the-art equipment, in view of the obsolescence of the original equipment. From 14 November 2011 to 14 May 2012, União was the flagship of UNIFIL 's Maritime Task Force, leading three ships from Germany, two from Bangladesh, one Greek, one Turkish and one from Indonesia. She
195-448: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F45&oldid=1197938231 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-646: The ship was docked to be submitted to the General Maintenance Period (PMG), and together with the Modernization Program (ModFrag). From 15 May to 12 July, the ship was in the SWORDFISH / 2008 Commission, carrying out a presence action in the ports visited, strengthening ties of friendship between the navies of other countries and improving the degree of training of the ship in Operation Joint with
225-505: Was replaced by Liberal , who arrived at Lebanon in 17 May 2012. She had her second tenure as flagship of the UNIFIL MTF in 2013, arriving at Beirut in 11 July to relieve Constituição and remaining until 17 January 2014, when she was relieved by Liberal . From 18 June to 20 August 2022, União performed Operation "Guinex II", which saw her patrol the waters around the Gulf of Guinea and visit several Western African countries such as
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