Aquidabã 1887
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Aquidabã, 6.1894- Dezesseis de Abril, 7.1894- Vinte e Quatro de Maio, 1900- Aquidabã | Samuda, Poplar, UK | 18.6.1883 | 17.1.1885 | 1887 | explosion 22.1.1906 |
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Displacement normal, t |
4921 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
85.3 |
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Breadth, m |
15.9 |
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Draught, m |
5.59 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 IC, 8 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6500 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 800 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
compound; belt: 292 - 178, turrets: 254, CT: 254 |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 234/31 Armstrong G, 4 x 1 - 140/31 70pdr Armstrong BLR, 13 x 1 - 37/30 Armstrong, 5 - 356 TT (4 beam, 1 stern) |
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Complement |
277 |
Project history: This steel-hulled armoured turret ship was a shorter and lighter-draught version of Riachuelo, with identical main armament and armour. Her appearance was similar except that she only had one funnel.
Ship protection: The belt protected the machinery and magazines. It was 178mm thick below water, 292mm above water over the engines and boilers and 254mm elsewhere. There was a 51mm steel deck over the belt, a 76mm steel deck over the breastwork and a 76mm proteciive deck fore and aft.
Modernizations: (1897-1898, Vulcan, Stettin, Germany): masts were replaced by two military masts; - 4 x 1 - 140/31, 13 x 1 - 37/30; + 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong P, 10 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt
1904: military masts were removed; - 2 - 356 TT
Naval service: Aquidabã was torpedoed and sunk 16.4.94 off Fortress of Anhatomirim (Santa Catarina) by torpedo gunboat Gustavo Sampaio but she was refloated in June 1894 and renamed. In 1900 she was renamed Aquidabã again. 21.1.1906, when she was moored at Jacuacanga Bay near Rio de Janeiro, her powder magazines blew up and Aquidabã sank in 3 minutes with 212 lives lost.
Aquidabã 1887
Vinte e Quatro de Maio 1900
© Ivan Gogin, 2014