Carioca 1954
Caravelas 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Carioca | C1, later- CV36 | Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro | 11/1937 | 22.10.1938 | 9/1939 | stricken 1960 | |
| Cananéia | C2, later- CV34 | Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro | 11/1937 | 22.10.1938 | 9/1939 | stricken 1960 | |
| Camocim | C3, later- CV33 | Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro | 12/1937 | 28.10.1939 | 6/1940 | stricken 1960 | |
| Cabedelo | C4, later- CV32 | Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro | 3/1938 | 16.9.1939 | 6/1940 | stricken 1960 | |
| Caravelas | C5, later- CV35 | Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro | 3/1938 | 16.9.1939 | 6/1940 | stricken 1960 | |
| Camaquã | C6 | Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro | 10/1938 | 16.9.1939 | 6/1940 | foundered 21.6.1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
552 |
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Displacement full, t |
780 |
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Length, m |
57.5 pp |
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Breadth, m |
7.62 |
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Draught, m |
2.44 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2200 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 86 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(10) |
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Armament |
Carioca, Cananéia, Camocim, Caravelas, Camaquã: 1 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers N, 44 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear Cabedelo: 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N, 44 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
70 |
Project history: Multi-purpose ships, capable to carry minelaying or minesweeping equipment. They were projected on a basis of German minesweepers of the WWI period. During the Second World War they were converted to escorts and re-rated as corvettes.
Modernizations: 1942-1944, Carioca, Cananéia, Cabedelo, Caravelas, Camaquã: - 44 mines, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers N, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
1942/44, Cabedelo: - 44 mines, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
late 1940s, Carioca, Cananéia, Cabedelo, Caravelas: - 1 x 1 - 102/45, 2 DCT, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 50 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear
late 1940s, Cabedelo: - 2 DCT, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 50 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear
Naval service: Camaquã foundered 21.7.1944 during a storm off Pernambuco. Survived ships after war were again converted to minesweepers, except Camocim, remained a corvette.
Cananéia 1952
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