The Brazilian Navy launched Penguin short-range anti-ship missiles and MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles against its Inhauma-class corvette Frontin (V 33) during Exercise ‘Missilex 2016’, which ran from 11 to 20 April at sea, north of Rio de Janeiro.
On 12 April, two S-70B Sea Hawk (SH-16 Sea Hawk) helicopters fired a Penguin missile each against the ship, causing significant damage, and several minutes later the vessel was hit by an MM40 Exocet missile fired by frigate União (F 45). The corvette sank a few minutes after that.
The exercise is notable not only for being the first firing of Penguin missiles by the newly acquired Sea Hawks, but also because Frontin is the first vessel of the Inhauma-class to be retired.
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