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BRAZILIAN NAVY (BRAZIL)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

armed merchant cruisers of WWI

more than 1000 BRT:

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Belmonte (ex-Valesia) 1912 // 10.1917 Neptun, Rostock, Germany 5227 111.0x15.6 12 2700hp 4x1-120/40, 6-57/40 stricken 1918

Project history: German merchant vessel seized in October 1917.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014