Albany 1900
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 7/1920- PG34, 8.1921- CL22 | New Orleans (ex-Amazonas) | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1895 | 4.12.1896 | 18.3.1898 | stricken 11.1929 | |
| 7.1920- PG36, 8.1921- CL23 | Albany (ex-Almirante Abreu) | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1897 | 14.1.1899 | 25.5.1900 | stricken 11.1929 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3769 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4011 |
|
Length, m |
108.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
13.3 |
|
Draught, m |
5.49 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
7500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
CL22: coal 747 CL23: coal 767 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 32 with 89mm slopes, boiler room glacis: 102, CT: 102 |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 152/50 Mk V (EOC DD), 4 x 1 - 120/50 EOC AA, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss Mk I, 8 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss Mk I, 3 - 450 TT (2 beam, 1 bow) |
|
Complement |
366 |
Project history: Purchased from Brazil under the Act of 9.3.1898. They were sisters of the Almirante Barroso. 152mm guns were on the forecastle and poop, and in sponsons to port and starboard located just abaft the fore- and mainmasts. 120mm guns were between the latter 4 152mm.
Ship protection: There was 32mm Krupp armour deck with 89mm slopes amidships. Boilers were protected by 102mm glacis. CT had 102mm protection.
Modernizations: 1903, both: - 4 x 1 - 120/50; + 4 x 1 - 127/50 Mk V/VI
1907, both: - 6 x 1 - 152/50; + 6 x 1 - 127/50 Mk V/VI
to 1918, both: - 2 x 1 - 127/50
Naval service: Both were ultimately decommissioned in late 1922 after long and varied service, and it would appear that the USA made a good buy with these two ships.
Albany early 1900s
© Ivan Gogin, 2014