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Almirante Tamandaré

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Almirante Tamandaré			Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro	1885	20.3.1890	1893	stricken 12.1915

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4735
Displacement full, t
Length, m	89.7 wl
Breadth, m	14.4
Draught, m	6.02
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HTE, 7 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	7500
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 750
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armour, mm	steel; casemates: 76, deck: 40, CT: 51
Armament	10 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W, 2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong P, 10 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss
Complement	400

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Project history

This flush-decked barque-rigged vessel had two funnels and was wood-sheathed. Four 152mm Armstrong QF guns were in casemates on the upper deck and the other six were on the broadside on the main deck, as were the two 120mm Armstrong QFs.

Ship protection

Machinery was protected by 40mm deck, artillery had 76mm protection.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.