Pará 1867
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Pará | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 12.1866 | 21.5.1867 | 6.1867 | discarded 1884 | ||
| Rio Grande | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 12.1866 | 17.8.1867 | 9.1867 | scrapped 2.1907 | ||
| Alagoas | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 12.1866 | 29.10.1867 | 11.1867 | scrapped 1900 | ||
| Piauí | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 12.1866 | 8.1.1868 | 1.1868 | scrapped 1893 | ||
| Ceará | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 12.1866 | 22.3.1868 | 4.1868 | scrapped 1884 | ||
| Santa Catharina | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 12.1866 | 5.5.1868 | 6.1868 | sunk 1882 |
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Displacement normal, t |
490 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
39.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.54 |
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Draught, m |
1.51 - 1.54 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HDA, 2 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
180 |
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Max speed, kts |
8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 102 - 51, turret: 152 - 76, deck: 13 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 163/23 Whitworth 120pdr MLR or 1 x 1 - 127/24 Whitworth 70pdr MLR |
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Complement |
43 |
Project history: Small wooden-hulled river monitors built during Paraguayan war.
Ship protection: Complete wrought iron belt was 0.9m high and was 102mm amidships, tapered to 76-51mm at ship ends. Curved upper deck was 13mm thick.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Santa Catharina foundered at her moorings in 1882 due to the poor hull condition while she was under repair.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014