Brazil je zainteresovan za kupovinu Britanskog nosača helikoptera HMS Ocean, koji ovog proleća treba da bude ispisan iz flotne liste RN, kao zamena za otpisani nosač avioana Sao Paolo, bivši Francuski Foch.
[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
HMS Ocean will be decommissioned in Spring 2018 as part of cost saving measures with no like-for-like replacement. It was reported in 2017 that Brazil was interested in purchasing Ocean as a replacement for the NAe São Paulo (A12) which was withdrawn from service in 2017 following multiple mechanical failures. The Royal Navy released an asking price of £80.3 million ($105,800,871.00 USD), which the Brazilian Navy called "convenient". In November 2017, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense began formal negotiations for the acquisition of the ship.
In December 2017, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the purchase of the ship for (GBP) £84.6 million, (equivalent to R$359.5M and USD $113.2M). Following her decommissioning from Royal Navy service in March 2018, she will undertake a period of maintenance in the United Kingdom and is expected to arrive in Rio de Janeiro by the end of 2018 with the intention of being commissioned and fully operational by 2020. The purchase was officially announced on 3 January 2018 but the announcement has not been acknowledged by either the British Ministry of Defence or the Royal Navy.
[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Izvor:
www.naval.com.br ;
www.ukdefencejournal.org.uk
