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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWI-era auxiliary minelayers

more than 1000 BRT:

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Rio Sado     2518   11 500hp mines discarded 1918

100 - 1000 BRT

Mineiro

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to minelayers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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