Maranhão 1922
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Alexandrino Dealenca (ex-Porpoise), 12.1922- Marnhão | Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 2/1912 | 7.7.1913 | 1.1914 // 12.1922 | stricken 9.1946 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1072 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1300 |
|
Length, m |
81.5 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.20 |
|
Draught, m |
2.90 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
24500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
29 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 258 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 47/50 3pdr Vickers, 2 x 2 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
73 |
Project history: Former British destroyer Porpoise of K class, participated in the WWI. 23.2.1920 she was sold to Brazil and commissioned as Alexandrino Dealenca, 9.12.1922 she was accepted by Brazilian crew and renamed Maranhao. By transfer 2 single 533mm TTs were replaced on 2 twin 450mm accepted in Brazilian Navy.
Modernizations: 1942-1945: - 2 x 1 - 47/50; + 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, DC, presumably radar, sonar
Naval service: No significant events.
Maranhão 1923
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