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BRAZILIAN NAVY (BRAZIL)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

auxiliary minelayers of WWI and inter-war period

more than 1000 BRT:

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Carlos Cromez (ex-Itaipu) 1892 // 1917   1800 91.7x11.9x3.0 16 coal 400; 4000hp 550 mines stricken 1922

100 - 1000 BRT:

Jaguarayo (,, 1917 - 1922); Tenente Maria do Couto, 1938- I1 Itapimirim (, 340, 30 mines, 5.1917 - 1922, 1926 - 9.1946)

Project history: Former merchantman and trawlers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Tenente Maria do Couto 1937

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