Brazilian ironclad Silvado
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Silvado class |
| Operators: |
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| Preceded by: | Brasil |
| Succeeded by: | Barroso |
| Built: | 1864–1866 |
| In commission: | 1866–1880 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| Career (Empire of Brazil) | |
| Name: | Silvado |
| Namesake: | Captain Americo Brasilio Silvado |
| Builder: | Arman Brothers, Bordeaux |
| Laid down: | 1864 |
| Launched: | 1865 |
| Completed: | 15 September 1866 |
| Struck: | 3 June 1880 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ironclad turret ship |
| Displacement: | 1,350 metric tons (1,330 long tons) |
| Length: | 66 m (216 ft 6 in) (p.p.) |
| Beam: | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 3.9 m (13 ft) |
| Installed power: | 950 ihp (710 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 steam engines, 2 boilers |
| Sail plan: | Barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 170 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 2 - 70-pdr Whitworth rifled muzzle loader guns |
| Armor: |
Belt: 3–4.5 in (76–114 mm) Gun turret: 4.5 in (110 mm) |
The Brazilian ironclad Silvado was originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864 with the name Nemesis, but was sold to Brazil when Paraguay could not make the final payments.
Footnotes
Nemesis -. Later Brazilian Silvado. This monitor was very manoeuvrable due to twin screw propellers and rudders.Iron hull. Displacement 2,350tons ( full load). 63.75m o.a. X 14.32m X 3.20m. Two Mazeline engines and boilers, 947ihp/10.7knots. Armour: turrets 203mm (ports) – 114mm, 114mm belt (max). Four 70pdr ML Whitworth ML guns. Collapsible bullwarks all around the ship. Cost 73,538 Sterling Pounds. Discarded 1880.
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.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
External links
- Brief history of Silvado (Portuguese)
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