The Brazilian Navy operates a class of multipurpose corvettes, the Inhaúma class, for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) missions. It was originally planned to build 12 to 16 ships but the economic situation in Brazil did not permit this and only five vessels were built between 1986–2002. Currently 3 ships have been decommissioned, only 2 remaining, the Júlio de Noronha V-32 and the Barroso V-34.
