Brazilian cruiser Rio Grande do Sul

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Rio Grande do Sul sometime after its mid-1920s modernization, as indicated by the third funnel.[1]
History
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Name: Rio Grande do Sul
Namesake: The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth[1]
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type: Bahia-class cruiser
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Length:
  • 122.38 m (401.5 ft) oa
  • 115.82 m (380.0 ft) pp[2]
Beam: 11.89–11.91 m (39.0–39.1 ft)[2]
Draft:
  • 3.81 m (12.5 ft) forward[2]
  • 4.75 m (15.6 ft) amidships[2]
  • 4.42 m (14.5 ft) aft[2]
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 27.016 knots (50.034 km/h; 31.089 mph) trial[1]
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) at full load[2]
Endurance:
  • 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)[3]
  • 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3]
Complement: 320[3] to 357[2]
Armament:
Armor:
Notes: Specifications given are prior to the 1925–26 modernization.

Rio Grande do Sul was a Bahia-class cruiser built for the Brazilian Navy in 1909–10.

Endnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Scheina, "Brazil," 405.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Rio Grande do Sul I," Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Moore ed., Janes Fighting Ships, 300.

References

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  • Moore, John, ed. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Random House [Jane's Publishing Company], 2001 [1919]. ISBN 1-85170-378-0. OCLC 48257502.
  • "Rio Grande do Sul I." Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios. Diretoria do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha, Departamento de História Marítima. Accessed 27 January 2015.
  • Scheina, Robert L. "Brazil" in Robert Gardiner and Randal Gray, eds. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. ISBN 0-87021-907-3. OCLC 12119866.
  • Whitley, M.J. Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-141-6. OCLC 34089382.


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