Brazilian cruiser Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul sometime after its mid-1920s modernization, as indicated by the third funnel.[1]
Career (Brazil)
Name: Rio Grande do Sul
Namesake: The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth[1]
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:Bahia-class cruiser
Displacement:3,100 tonnes (3,050 long tons; 3,420 short tons)[1][2]
Length:122.38 m (401.5 ft) oa
115.82 m (380.0 ft) pp[2]
Beam:11.89–11.91 m (39.0–39.1 ft)[2]
Draft:3.81 m (12.5 ft) forward[2]
4.75 m (15.6 ft) amidships[2]
4.42 m (14.5 ft) aft[2]
Propulsion:Five Parsons steam turbines,[3] ten Yarrow boilers[2]
Coal normal 150 t (148 long tons; 165 short tons)[3]
Maximum 650 t (640 long tons; 717 short tons)[3]
Speed:27.016 knots (50.034 km/h; 31.089 mph) trial[1]
25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) at full load[2]
Endurance:1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)[3]
3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[3]
Complement:320[3] to 357[2]
Armament:ten × 120 mm (4.724 in)/50 caliber,[2]
six × 3 pdr 47 mm (1.85 in)/50 caliber,[1][2]
two × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes[1]
Armor:Deck: 19 mm (0.748 in)[1]
Conning tower: 76 mm (2.992 in)[1]
Notes:Specifications given are prior to the 1925–26 modernization.

Rio Grande do Sul was a Bahia-class cruiser built for the Brazilian Navy in 1909–10.

Endnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Scheina, "Brazil," 405.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 "Rio Grande do Sul I," Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Moore ed., Janes Fighting Ships, 300.

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