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AFONSO CELSO gunboat (1883)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Afonso Celso, 1889- Liberdade, 1894- Trindade     Barata Ribeiro, Praça Mauá (now Rio de Janeiro) 1881 23.10.1881 2/1883 stricken 1900

 

Displacement normal, t

327

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

30.8

Breadth, m

6.65

Draught, m

2.80

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC

Power, h. p.

120

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/23 9pdr MLR, 1 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt

Complement

 

Project history: Small wooden-hulled gunboat.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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