Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Primeiro de Março | Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro | 7.10.1881 | 1881 | TS 1904, stricken 1905 |
Displacement normal, t |
750 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
50.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
8.43 |
Draught, m |
3.48 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 HC |
Power, h. p. |
750 |
Max speed, kts |
8.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 84 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
7 x 1 - 127/24 Whitworth 70pdr MLR |
Complement |
142 |
Project history: Barque-rigged and with one funnel, this vessel was a smaller, composite version of Trajano.
Modernizations: 1904: armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
Naval service: She was later reclassified as a second class cruiser and in 1904 reconstructed as TS.
Primeiro de Março
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