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 |  Brazilian Navy |
| 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 While they were the most modern Brazilian capital ships of their day, they were completely outdated prior to World War I compared to major power's capital ships.[1]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