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Brazilian cruiser Imperial Marinheiro (1883)
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Imperial Marinheiro was a cruiser operated by the Imperial Brazilian Navy between 1884 and 1887. It was the second Brazilian ship to bear this name, a tribute to the country's sailors. It sank in 1887, near the mouth of the Doce River, in Espírito Santo.
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Name | Imperial Marinheiro |
Namesake | Brazilian sailors |
Ordered | Empire of Brazil |
Builder | Ponta da Areia Shipyard |
Laid down | 11 August 1882 |
Launched | 20 June 1883 |
Commissioned | 26 November 1884 |
Decommissioned | 7 September 1887 |
Fate | Sunk |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cruiser |
Displacement | 726 tons |
Length | 65.12 m (213 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
Installed power | 750 hp |
Propulsion | Mixed steam-sail |
Sail plan | Galley-rigged |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 142 |
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