Brasil in Guanabara Bay before its departure to Paraguay
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Class overview | |
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Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Barroso |
Built | 1864–1865 |
In service | 1865–1890 |
Completed | 1 |
Scrapped | 1 |
History | |
Empire of Brazil | |
Name | Brasil |
Namesake | Brazil |
Ordered | 5 January 1864 |
Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer |
Laid down | 1864 |
Launched | 23 December 1864 |
Commissioned | 2 March 1865 |
Fate | Converted into a floating battery, 1890? |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Armored corvette |
Displacement | 1,518 metric tons (1,494 long tons) |
Length | 63.41 m (208 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 10.75 m (35 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 3.81 m (12.5 ft) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 steam engine, |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Armament | |
Armor |
The Brazilian ironclad Brasil was an armored corvette built in France for the Brazilian Navy in the mid-1860s. Configured as a central-battery ironclad, she served during the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay.