Brazilian cruiser Rio Grande do Sul
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For other ships with the same name, see Brazilian ship Rio Grande do Sul.
Rio Grande do Sul was a Bahia-class cruiser built for the Brazilian Navy in 1909–10.
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Rio Grande do Sul sometime after its mid-1920s modernization, as indicated by the third funnel.[1] | |
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Brazil | |
Name | Rio Grande Do Sul |
Namesake | The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth[1] |
Yard number | 810[2] |
Laid down | 30 August 1907 |
Launched | 20 April 1909 |
Commissioned | 14 May 1910 |
Decommissioned | 1948 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bahia-class cruiser |
Displacement | 3,100 tonnes (3,050 long tons; 3,420 short tons)[1][3] |
Length | |
Beam | 11.89–11.91 m (39.0–39.1 ft)[3] |
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Endurance | |
Complement | 320[4] to 357[3] |
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Notes | Specifications given are prior to the 1925–26 modernization. |
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