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 Henrique Dias 1946

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Matias de Albuquerque (ex-Pampano)	F1		Henrique Lage, Ilha do Viana, Niteroi	1941	10.10.1942	11.1943	stricken 4.1952
Felipe Camarão (ex-Papaterra)	F2		Henrique Lage, Ilha do Viana, Niteroi	1941	2.1942	6/1943	stricken 7.1953
Henrique Dias (ex-Pargo)	F3		Henrique Lage, Ilha do Viana, Niteroi	1941	28.8.1942	9.1943	survey vessel 1955, stricken 1959
Fernandes Vieira (ex-Parati)	F4		Henrique Lage, Ilha do Viana, Niteroi	1941	10.10.1942	11.1943	stricken 8.1952
Vidal de Negreiros (ex-Pelegrime)	F5		Henrique Lage, Ilha do Viana, Niteroi	1941	12.1942	1.1944	survey vessel 1955, stricken 1959
Barreto de Menezes (ex-Paru)	F6		Henrique Lage, Ilha do Viana, Niteroi	1941	2.1944	10/1944	wrecked 4.11.1954

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	813
Displacement full, t	920
Length, m	48.8 pp 53.8 oa
Breadth, m	8.53
Draught, m	4.88
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	12.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 18/20, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 DCT
Electronic equipment	presumably hydrophone
Complement	70

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Project history

Armed trawlers classified as corvettes. They were built at Niteroi under order of the Great Britain, made in 1941, but 24.8.1942, during building, were transferred to Brazilian Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Barreto de Menezes was lost 4.11.1954 as result of navigating accident. Vidal de Negreiros and Henrique Dias in 1955 were converted to survey vessels. Remaining ships in 1952-1953 were transferred to merchant marine, have passed re-equipment and further were used basically as trawlers.