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PORTUGUESE NAVY (PORTUGAL)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWI-era auxiliary despatch vessels

Cinco de Otoubro 1912

more than 1000 BRT:

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Cinco de Otoubro (ex-Amelia, ex-Banshee) 1900 // 1910 Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, UK 1343 69.2x8.8x4.3 15 2VTE, 6boilers, 1800hp, coal230 2-47/40, 4-37/20 survey vessel 1924

Project history: Former royal yacht Amelia, built in UK in 1900. After revolution of 1910 Amelia was renamed and converted to despatch vessel (aviso). In 1924 Cinco de Otoubro was converted to survey vessel and scrapped in 1937.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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