Brazilian destroyer Amazonas (1908)
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Amazonas was a Pará-class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy, serving from 1909 to 1931.[4] She was named after the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
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Brazil | |
Name | Amazonas |
Namesake | Amazonas (Brazilian state) |
Ordered | June 1907 |
Builder | Yarrow, Scotstoun |
Yard number | 1262[1] |
Launched | 21 November 1908 |
Sponsored by | Senhora Gomes Ferraz |
Completed | 1909 |
Decommissioned | 1931 |
Identification | 1 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Pará-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 240 ft (73 m)[2] |
Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)[2] |
Draught | 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)[2] |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple expansion steam engines[2] |
Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)[2] |
Range | 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)[2] |
Complement | 130 |
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