Almirante Barroso 1898
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Almirante Barroso | Armstrong, Newcastle, UK | 1895 | 25.8.1896 | 4.1897 | stricken 1931 | ||
| Amazonas | Armstrong, Newcastle, UK | 1895 | 4.12.1896 | 18.3.1898 // --- | sold incomplete to USA (PG34 New Orleans) | ||
| Almirante Abreu | Armstrong, Newcastle, UK | 1897 | 14.1.1899 | 25.5.1900 // --- | sold incomplete to USA (PG36 Albany) |
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Displacement normal, t |
3437 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
100.6 pp 108.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.3 |
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Draught, m |
5.15 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
7500 |
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Max speed, kts |
20.2 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 2850 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
deck: 31 with 88mm slopes, CT: 102 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 152/50 Armstrong DD, 4 x 1 - 120/50 Armstrong AA, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) |
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Complement |
366 |
Project history: Built under the design similar to Chilean Ministro Senteno, but unlike her Almirante Barrozo had mixed-calibre armament consisted from 152mm and 120mm guns. Other two ships of the same class, Amazonas and Almirante Abreu, also built by Armstrong for Brazil, were sold to the USA even before completion (New Orleans and Albany).
Ship protection: Ship was protected by 31mm deck with 88mm slopes.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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