The submarines will be made by French shipbuilder DCNS in a joint venture with Brazil’s Odebrecht at the Brazilian Navy base on Sepetiba Bay south of Rio de Janeiro. The 7.8 billion Reais (3 ...

The construction of four diesel powered Scorpene-class attack submarines for the Brazilian Navy was launched on Saturday at a plant near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil and France signed a 4.25 billion US ...

Brazilian Navy On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops during World War II. Now, more than 80 years later ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper ... It was transporting supplies, sailors and soldiers along the Brazilian coast when a German U-boat struck its ...