Minas Gerais 1965
Minas Gerais 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Minas Gerais (ex-Vengeance) | A11 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 16.11.1942 | 23.2.1944 | 15.1.1945 // 6.12.1960 | stricken 10.2001 |
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Displacement standard, t |
13190 |
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Displacement full, t |
18040 |
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Length, m |
192 pp 211.2 - 211.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
24.4 wl 36.4 fd |
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Draught, m |
7.09 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 3196 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 12000(14) |
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Armament |
2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 35 aircraft (S-2E ASW planes, SH-3A helicopters) |
| Electronic equipment |
SPS-4, SPS-12, SPS-8B, 2x SPG-34 radars |
|
Complement |
1300 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 5,131m², ha - 2,142m² / 11,355m³): Flight deck: 210.3x36.4m; hangar: 135.6x15.8x5.3m. Two lifts: 13.7x10.4m, 9t. 1 catapult BS-4 (9t aircraft was launched at 110km/h). Aircraft fuel stowage: 448,200l.
| Year | attackers | ASW planes | Helicopters |
| 1970 | --- | 8 S-2E Tracker | 6 SH-3A Sea King |
| 1995 | --- | 6 S-2E Tracker | 6 SH-3A Sea King, 2 UH-13 Ecureuil II, 3 UH-14 Super Puma |
| 2001 | 12 AF-1 Skyhawk | 6 S-2E Tracker | 4 ASH-3D Sea King |
Project history: Minas Gerais was purchased by Brazil for $9m and reconstructed for $27m. She was reconstructed at Verolme Dock, Rotterdam from June 1957 to December 1960. She received an angled deck, steam catapult, mirror-sight deck landing system, new fire control equipment and radar. During reconstruction a 2500kW AC system was installed; current was supplied by four turbo-generators and one diesel generator. Minas Gerais was commissioned 6 December 1960 at Rotterdam and arrived in Rio de Janeiro 13 January 1961. A dispute between the Navy and Air Force delayed deployment until the mid-1960s. The compromise reached was that the Air Force would fly the fixed wing aircraft and the Navy would fly the helicopters. Carrier received attack aircraft only in 1997 (AF-1 (A-4) Skyhawks).
Protection: There were mantlets around aircraft torpedoes warheads rooms only. Their thickness was 10mm. Longitudinal watertight bulkheads covered the machinery.
Modernizations: 1970s: + MP1402 radar
1984: - SPS-12, SPS-8B radars; + SPS-40B radar
1991: - SPS-4, MP1402 radars; + AWS-4, 2x Terma Scanter radars, Terma landing system, SLR-2 ECM suite, 2x Shield decoy RL
1995: - 2 x 4 - 40/60, 1 x 2 - 40/60; + 3 x 2 SIMBAD SAM (~24Mistral)
Naval service: No significant events.
Minas Gerais 1971
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