Brasil (U27) is a training ship of the Brazilian Navy ordered in June 1981 at Rio de Janeiro Marine Arsenal Yard, with a budget of US$124.2 million, as a modified version of the Niteroi class of frigates without weapons or sensors.

The ship carries 442 midshipmen (officers in training) from the Brazilian Naval and Merchant Marine Academies.

[clarification needed] Brasil regularly makes a worldwide trip every two years, starting in Rio de Janeiro and visiting ports such as Lisbon, Hamburg and London.

The round trip is during the autumn in Europe, mainly at end of September and middle of October, each time with new students or cadets on board.

Most of time it held an Open Ship to local visitors and even souvenirs like a coin, caps, shirt and catalogue.