Barão de Teffé (H-42)

History
Brazil
Name: Barão de Teffé
Namesake: Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz (the Baron of Tefé)
Operator: Brazilian Navy
Builder: Aalborg Vaerft
Launched: 8 May 1957
Commissioned: 28 September 1982
Decommissioned: 23 July 2002
Homeport: Rio de Janeiro
Fate: scrapped in 2007
General characteristics
Type: Icebreaker
Displacement: 2,183 tons standard, 5,500 tons full load
Length: 82.11 m (269.4 ft)
Beam: 13.72 m (45.0 ft)
Draught: 6.30 m (20.7 ft)
Speed: 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Endurance: 60 days
Crew: 84
Aircraft carried: 2 Helibrás Esquilo (locally designated as UH-12/13)
Aviation facilities: Helipad and hangar
Notes: NGB[1]

Barão de Teffé (H-42) was an oceanographic research ship of the Brazilian Navy. She was the first Brazilian Navy ship to bear this name in honor of Admiral Antonio Luis von Hoonholtz. Built as a freighter named Thala Dan at the end of the 1950s in Denmark, she was launched in 1957 and discharged from military service on 23 July 2002.[2]

In 1982 she was acquired by the Brazilian Navy to be adapted and take part in the Operation Antarctica (OPERANTAR 1) of the Brazilian Antarctic Program (PROANTAR),[3] being one of the pioneers of Brazilian missions to Antarctica.

In 2007, Barão de Teffé was reported awaiting wrecking in Rio de Janeiro.[4] After failed Australian attempts to purchase and turn her into a museum ship, she was scrapped in Rio de Janeiro in October 2007.[5]

References

  1. NApOc/NF Barão de Teffé - H 42 Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on 2012-02-28. (Portuguese).
  2. Shipspotting. "BARAO DE TEFFE H42 - IMO 5357680". Shipspotting.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. Shipstamps. "Thala Dan". Shipstamps.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. Berg, Jorgen (2007). "CV for Captain Jorgen Berg". bergshippingconsultancy. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  5. "Newsletter #15" (pdf). Maritime Heritage Association of Victoria Inc. October 2007. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
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