The Brazilian Navy has just signed a contract for the acquisition of a batch of 16 MANSUP anti-ship missiles with the ...

BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil's Defense Ministry says four navy ships will watch over Copacabana beach when Pope Francis celebrates Mass there Friday. The ships will cruise the length of the famed ...

SONGDO ISLAND, South Korea, Oct. 12 (UPI) --South Korea's POSCO Daewoo is to provide the Brazilian navy with two ships and modernize the Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro shipyard under a new ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Navy said on Friday evening it had begun an operation to sink the decommissioned aircraft carrier São Paulo, packed with an undetermined amount of asbestos and ...

The warship had a full load displacement of 32,800 tonnes. That made it the biggest ship in Brazil's Navy, but still small compared to other modern-day aircraft carriers. For comparison, the USS ...

Two other Brazilian Navy ships did sink, but those incidents were due to accidents. The Camaquā was overturned during a storm in 1944, while the Bahia detonated during training in 1945.

The Brazilian Navy's greatest pride will sail into New London harbor next week, its hull gleaming white in Connecticut waters. Cisne Branco. White Swan. Stretching nearly the length of a football ...

Now, the Brazilian Navy says it plans to just sink the ship, the São Paulo, a Clemenceau-class carrier purchased from France in 2000 for $12 million, planes and helicopters not included.

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that it could not confirm whether the hulk lying 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the coast was indeed the ship in question.

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that it could not confirm whether the hulk lying 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the coast was indeed the ship in question.