Shipwrecked Brazilian military vessel
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| History |
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 Brazil |
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| Name | Ipiranga |
| Namesake | Ipiranga River |
| Builder | Smit, Netherlands |
| Laid down | 17 October 1953 |
| Launched | 26 June 1954 |
| Commissioned | 6 January 1955 |
| Stricken | October 1983 |
| Identification | Hull number: V17 |
| Fate | Sank in 1983 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Imperial Marinheiro-class corvette |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 55.72 m (182 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.60 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 64 |
| Armament | |
Ipiranga (V17) was a corvette of the Imperial Marinheiro class constructed for the Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil). The ship was laid down in 1953 and launched in 1954. The vessel entered service in 1955 and was primarily used for enforcement of Brazil's territorial waters and district patrols. Based on a sea-going tugboat design, the corvette was also capable of performing coast guard duties such as towing and was equipped for firefighting. Ipiranga could also be converted for minesweeping and minelaying duties. In 1961, Ipiranga was deployed to prohibit French encroachment on Brazilian fisheries. In 1983, the corvette struck an underwater pinnacle and sank off the northeast coast of Brazil.
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