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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
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of a crewman who had reported chest pains aboard the
Maltese merchant vessel
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LXV. The two ships met and performed exercises with the
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conduct boarding demonstrations in the Gulf of Guinea, 2023.
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999:"Fragata 'União' chega ao Líbano para a sua 4ª UNIFIL"
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Capitão-Tenente Luciana Almeida (1 September 2024).
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1021:"Fragata "Liberal" completa três mil dias de mar"
602:In August 2024, she took part in joint exercise
606:in the South Atlantic along with the submarine
976:"Fragata "Liberal" completa 2.700 dias de mar"
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903:"DefesaNet - Naval - A Fragata F-43 Liberal"
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1042:Guilherme Wiltgen (6 August 2023).
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726:as flagship of the UNIFIL MTF, 2014
324:Vickers 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk 8 gun
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160:Nosso barco, nossa alma
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636:anti-submarine warfare
16:Niterói-class Frigates
164:(Our boat, our soul)
696:on 22 October 1977.
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532:Royal Canadian Navy
360:Aviation facilities
335:for Mk 46 torpedoes
255:Rolls-Royce Olympus
809:"F Liberal - F 43"
316:anti-ship missiles
84:Vosper Thornycroft
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171:Nickname(s)
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1278:1977 ships
1267:Categories
770:References
653:Valparaíso
536:HMCS
469:, and the
299:Complement
242:Propulsion
101:2 May 1975
98:Christened
1237:Tamandaré
1186:Defensora
907:DefesaNet
835:Helis.com
641:Fraterno'
548:In 2014,
519:Jean Bart
493:Kemalreis
491:TCG
476:Magdeburg
464:KRI
456:exercises
444:with the
291:Endurance
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1073:4 August
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694:Woolston
543:Sardinia
489:frigate
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353:Westland
307:Armament
247:2 shaft
139:Callsign
114:Homeport
90:Launched
68:Namesake
1200:Liberal
1179:Niterói
1165:Niterói
764:, 2024.
758:Liberal
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645:Sarandí
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567:helivac
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500:Liberal
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392:of the
390:frigate
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378:Liberal
364:Helipad
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199:Niterói
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593:GRUMEC
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