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unusual facts about Macaé-class patrol vessel


Macaé-class patrol vessel

The Macaé-class are a series of offshore patrol vessels being built for the Brazilian Navy by INACE


2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

The 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONMEBOL) was the first beach soccer championship for South America, held in May, in Macaé, Brazil.

Azteca-class patrol vessel

The 'Azteca-class patrol vessel are used by the Mexican Navy.

Bruno Fratus

Bruno Giuseppe Fratus (born June 22, 1989 in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian swimmer, who placed fourth in 50-metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Castle-class patrol vessel

The Castle class was designed by David K. Brown and was intended as a series of six offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy, designed in response to criticism of the previous Island-class for insufficient speed, non-optimal sea keeping and lack of a flight deck for rescue helicopters.

Macaé Airport

31 March 2006: a Team Let 410 UVP-E20 registration PT-FSE operating flight 6865, en route from Macaé to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont crashed over the Municipality of Rio Bonito.

28 June 1984: a TAM Airlines Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante registration PP-SBC operating a chartered flight by Petrobras from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Macaé flew into São João Hill while descending through rain and clouds over the Municipality of São Pedro da Aldeia.

Orca-class patrol vessel

Two of the craft were temporarily fitted with .50-cal machine guns for port security during Op PODIUM the Canadian Forces' support of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

P400-class patrol vessel

The engines of the P400 have been a constant source of technical problems since the maiden journey of the lead ship Audacieuse to Dakar.

The P400 were originally designed in two versions: one armed with Exocet MM38 missiles, and another public service version with a smaller 16-man complement; eventually neither of these versions was commissioned as the Navy chose an intermediary version.

Paulo Henrique Souza de Oliveira

Paulo Henrique Souza de Oliveira (born 5 January 1943 in Macaé), usually called Paulo Henrique, is a former Brazilian footballer.

Priyadarshini-class patrol vessel

Priyadarshini-class patrol vessels (also referred to as Jija Bai Mod 1 class) are a series of 8 mid-shore fast patrol boats, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata and Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco da Gama, Goa for Indian Coast Guard between 1991 and 1998.

River-class patrol vessel

In September 2012, it was announced by the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond that the Ministry of Defence had purchased the vessels for £39 million.

TEAM Linhas Aéreas

Created in May 2001 as a charter company to render services for oil companies in the Campos Basin, TEAM began to operate as a scheduled airline in the same year between the airports of Rio de Janeiro, and Macaé and Campos dos Goytacazes.

31 March 2006: a Let 410 UVP-E20 registration PT-FSE operating flight 6865, en route from Macaé to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont crashed over the Municipality of Rio Bonito.

Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel

The eight to ten vessels of this class, specially designed to operate in the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, will replace the João Coutinho and Baptista de Andrade class corvettes — currently being decommissioned —, and the small patrol boats of the Cacine class in their primary fisheries protection role (SIFICAP) and in their search and rescue (SAR) roles.


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