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Dom Carlos I  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dom Carlos I, 1910- Cândido Reis, 12.1910- Almirante Reis			Armstrong, Elswick, UK		5.5.1898	1898	discarded 1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4186
Displacement full, t	4253
Length, m	110.0 pp 117.0 oa
Breadth, m	14.4
Draught, m	5.33 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 12 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	12500
Max speed, kts	22
Fuel, t	coal 1000
Endurance, nm(kts)	10000(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 37 with 110mm slopes, CT: 102
Armament	4 x 1 - 152/45 A(tr)15/45, 8 x 1 - 120/44 A(tr)12/45, 16 x 1 - 47/40 H(tr)47/40, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H(tr)37/25, 5 - 356 TT (1 ster, 4 beam)
Complement	473

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Project history

On trials ship reached 22.15kts speed, but in days of WWI could make no more than 19kts. Nevertheless, she was unique rigorous Portuguese cruiser. In 1918 she was put on major refit and modernization, but this modernization was never completed.

Ship protection

 37mm main deck with 110mm slopes protected machinery. CT had 102mm sides.

Modernizations

1900s: - 2 x 1 - 47/40, 3 - 356 TT (1 stern, 2 beam)

Naval service

No significant events.