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Warships from India and Brazil are arriving in South Africa for the ninth edition of Exercise Ibsamar, which is taking place around the Simon’s Town and False Bay areas of the Western Cape, with South Africa as the host and India the lead nation.

The Brazilian Navy’s Inhauma class corvette CV Barroso (V34) arrived in Simon’s Town on 8 October. This is not the first time the vessel has visited South Africa, having taken part in Exercise Ibsamar IV in 2014, and Exercise Atlasur IX in 2012, for example.

The CV Barroso was launched in 2002 and commissioned in 2008. The vessel displaces over 2 300 tons at full load and is 103 metres long. Propulsion is a single General Electric LM2500 gas…

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