Compare frigates

Niteroi-class and La Fayette-class

Name:	Niteroi-class	La Fayette-class
Type:	Frigate	Multi-role frigate
Origin:	Brazil	France
Produced:	1975–1986	1996
Unit cost:	-	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Displacement:	3,707 t	3,200 t
Range:	9,800 km; 6,100 mi	17,000 km; 10,000 mi; 9,000 nmi
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)

Crew:	217	141

Displacement

Range

Speed

Crew

Dimensions

Length:	129.2 m	125 m
Beam:	13.5 m	15.4 m
Draft:	5.5 m	4.1 m

Images

Niteroi-class

Author: "BNS CONSTITUICAO (F 42)" by PH1 J. SLAUGHENHAUPT, USN - http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DNSD0109885&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/2001/Navy/DN-SD-01-09885.JPG. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BNS_CONSTITUICAO_(F_42).jpg#/media/File:BNS_CONSTITUICAO_(F_42).jpg License

La Fayette-class

Author: "FS Surcouf" by Franck Dubey - netmarine.net. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FS_Surcouf.jpg#/media/File:FS_Surcouf.jpg License