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São Gabriel  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
São Gabriel			Normand, Le Havre, France		7.5.1898	1899	discarded 1924
São Rafael			Normand, Le Havre, France		5.7.1898	1899	wrecked 21.10.1911

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1771
Displacement full, t
Length, m	73.8 pp 75.0 oa
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	4.34 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Normand-Sigaudy boilers
Power, h. p.	4000
Max speed, kts	17.5
Fuel, t	coal 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 20, CT: 60
Armament	2 x 1 - 149/45 SC(tr)15/45, 4 x 1 - 120/45 SC(tr)12/45, 8 x 1 - 47/40 H(tr)47/40, 2 x 1 - 37/20 H(tr)37/20, 1 - 356 TT (bow)
Complement	242

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Project history

Small cruisers for colonial service, actually seaworthy gunboats. In 1918 São Gabriel could make no more than 15kts.

Ship protection

 20mm main deck protected machinery. CT had 60mm sides.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Saõ Raphael wrecked in 21.10.1911 in mouth of river Ave.