Marshal Deodoro-class coastal defense ship
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Marshal Deodoro class |
| Builders: | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France |
| Operators: |
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| Preceded by: | Javary class |
| Succeeded by: | None |
| Built: | 1898-1899 |
| In service: | 1900-1936 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Coast defense ship |
| Displacement: | 3,162 tons standard |
| Length: | 81.5 meters |
| Beam: | 14.4 meters |
| Draught: | 4.19 meters |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 200 |
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| Notes: | In 1912 both vessels were modernized with 8 Babcock & Wilcox oil-firing boilers replacing the coal-fired boilers. 400t of oil were carried. |
French-designed and built coast defense battleships built for Brazil in the late 1890s. They had a low freeboard, long superstructures and single-gun main turrets arranged close to ships ends with a secondary battery mounted in casemates. While they were built in France, they were armed with British Armstrong guns. The ships had a thick, but very narrow armored belt tapered to lower edge. While they were the most modern Brazilian capital ships of their day, they were completely outdated prior to World War I compared to major power's capital ships.[1]
In 1924, Brazil sold Marshal Deodoro to the Mexican Navy for the price of 8,000 Brazilian contos. She served in the Mexican Navy for another 14 years, primarily as a training vessel.[2]
Marshal Deodoro-class Coast Defense Battleships
- Marshal Deodoro. Sold to Mexico in 1924 and commissioned as the Anáhuac
- Marshal Floriano
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ "Marshal Deodoro coast defence battleships (1900-1901) - Brazilian Navy (Brazil)". Navypedia.org. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ↑ "Avalanche Press". Avalanche Press. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
References
- Navypedia article on Marshal Deodoro battleships
- Avalanche Press article on the Mexican Navy, describes Mexican service
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