 A drawing of Lima Barros
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Lima Barros class |
| Operators |  Imperial Brazilian Navy |
| Preceded by | Brasil |
| Succeeded by | Barroso |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
 Empire of Brazil | |
| 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 |
| Stricken | 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 | 2,100 ihp (1,600 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 trunk steam engines |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 170 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 × twin 120-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle loader guns |
| Armor |
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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. She participated in the 1864–70 Paraguayan War between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay.