Brazilian ironclad Lima Barros
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Lima Barros class |
| Operators: |
Brazilian Navy |
| Preceded by: |
Brasil |
| Succeeded by: |
Barroso |
| Built: |
1864–1866 |
| In service: |
1866–1905 |
| In commission: |
1866–1883 |
| Completed: |
1 |
| Scrapped: |
1 |
| Career (Empire of Brazil) |
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| Name: |
Lima Barros |
| Namesake: |
Midshipman Francisco Jose de Lima Barros |
| Builder: |
Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: |
1864 |
| Launched: |
21 December 1865 |
| Completed: |
3 April 1866 |
| Struck: |
8 May 1894 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped 1905 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Ironclad turret ship |
| Displacement: |
1,705 long tons (1,732 t) |
| Length: |
200 ft 2 in (61.0 m) (p.p.) |
| Beam: |
38 ft 2 in (11.6 m) |
| Draft: |
12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
| Installed power: |
600 ihp (450 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, 2 steam engine, 2 boilers |
| Sail plan: |
Barque-rigged |
| Speed: |
11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: |
170 officers and men |
| Armament: |
2 × 2 - 120-pdr Whitworth rifled muzzle loader guns |
| Armor: |
Belt: 3–4.5 in (76–110 mm)
Gun turret: 4.5 in (110 mm) |
The Brazilian ironclad Lima Barros was originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864 with the name Belona, but was sold to Brazil when Paraguay could not make the final payments.
References
- Gardiner, Robert, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gratz, George A. (1999). "The Brazilian Imperial Navy Ironclads, 1865–1874". In Preston, Antony. Warship 1999-2000. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-724-4.
- Holley, Alexander Lyman (1865). A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor. New York: D. Van Nostrand. http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseonordnan00hollrich.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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