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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=F42 Constituição.jpg | Ship caption=F Constituição (F42)
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Brazil | Ship flag= | Ship name=Constituição | Ship namesake=Constitution of Brazil | Ship owner= | Ship operator=Brazilian Navy | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Vosper Thornycroft | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=15 April 1976 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened=13 March 1974 | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=31 March 1978 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport=Rio de Janeiro | 710465000}} | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= | Ship status={{Ship in active service}} | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Niteroi class frigate | Ship type=frigate | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=3,200 tons standard, 3,800 tons full load | Ship tons burthen= | 129.2|m|abbr=on}} | 13.5|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 5.5|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*2 shaft CODOG- 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 56,000 hp
- 4 MTU diesels 18,000 hp
| Ship sail plan= | 30|kn}} (22 knots diesels only) | Ship range=*5,300 NM - at 17 knots- 4,200 NM - at 19 knots
- 1,300 NM - at 28 knots
| Ship endurance=45 days | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement= | Ship crew=209 | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*Missile antiship MM-40 Exocet;- Anti-aircraft missile ASPIDE;
- 1 Vickers gun 4.5 inch Mk 8 (114 mm), (22 km range);
- 2 BAE Systems Bofors Trinity Mk 3 anti-Aircraft single-gun turrets;
- 2 × 3 torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes;
- double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rocket launcher
| Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft=1 Westland Super Lynx Mk.21A (locally designated as AH-11A) or 1 Eurocopter AS-350/355 Squirrel (locally assembled by Helibrás as UH-12/UH-13 'Esquilo') | Ship aircraft facilities=Helipad and hangar | Ship notes=
}} | The F Constituição (F42) is a Niteroi class frigate of the Brazilian Navy. The Constituição was the fourth Niterói class frigate ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. The Constituição was launched on 15 April 1976, and was commissioned on 31 March 1978.[1] HistoryIn June 2009, the F Constituição (F42) participated in the recovery mission for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.[2] On the 20th of February, 2010, the Constituição brought 12 students, faculty, and crew of the SV Concordia ashore after they were initially rescued by merchant vessels. The Concordia, a tall ship floating classroom operated by the West Island College International's Class Afloat program, was abandoned approximately {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south east of Rio de Janeiro with all 64 people aboard making it to life rafts. The remaining 52 students, faculty, and crew were to be transferred from merchant vessels to the Constituição and another Brazilian frigate, but weather and other concerns prevented that. GalleryReferences{{Portal|Brazil|Nautical}}1. ^F Constituição - F 42 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612225440/http://www.naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br/C/C101/C101.htm |date=June 12, 2009 }} Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on June 0, 2009.
2. ^"Bodies of two Air France passengers found." CNN. Saturday June 6, 2009. Retrieved on November 23, 2009.
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