Riachuelo 1883
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Riachuelo | Samuda, Poplar, UK | 31.8.1881 | 7.6.1883 | 19.11.1883 | stricken 1910 |
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Displacement normal, t |
5610 |
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Displacement full, t |
6100 |
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Length, m |
93.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
15.9 |
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Draught, m |
5.99 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VC, 10 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
7300 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.7 |
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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 C, 6 x 1 - 140/31 70pdr Armstrong BLR, 15 x 1 - 37/30 Armstrong, 5 - 356 TT (4 beam, 1 stern) |
|
Complement |
367 |
Project history: A steel-hulled, armoured turret ship. She was designed with a full rig but went into service with two pole masts. She was fitted with a ram bow and two funnels set close together. The two hydraulically worked turrets were en échelon, projecting beyond the ship's side to give end-on fire and having a 50° arc of fire on their inboard side. Ship had a complete double bottom and was sheathed in wood and yellow metal.
Ship protection: The belt extended 76m over 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: (1893-1895, F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France): masts were replaced by two military masts; - 6 x 1 - 140/31, 15 x 1 - 37/30; + 6 x 1 - 120/32 Armstrong M, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss
1904: military masts were removed, new boilers installed
Naval service: No significant events.
Riachuelo 1883
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