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CARIOCA minelayers (1939-1940)


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Cananéia 1952

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Carioca C1, later- CV36   Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 11/1937 22.10.1938 9/1939 stricken 1960
Cananéia C2, later- CV34   Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 11/1937 22.10.1938 9/1939 stricken 1960
Camocim C3, later- CV33   Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 12/1937 28.10.1939 6/1940 stricken 1960
Cabedelo C4, later- CV32   Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 3/1938 16.9.1939 6/1940 stricken 1960
Caravelas C5, later- CV35   Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 3/1938 16.9.1939 6/1940 stricken 1960
Camaquã C6   Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 10/1938 16.9.1939 6/1940 foundered 21.6.1944


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

552
Displacement full, t780
Length, m57.5 pp
Breadth, m7.62
Draught, m2.44
No of shafts2
Machinery2 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.2200
Max speed, kts

15
Fuel, toil 86
Endurance, nm(kts)2500(10)
Armament

Carioca, Cananéia, Camocim, Caravelas, Camaquã: 1 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers N, 44 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear

Cabedelo: 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N, 44 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement70


Standard scale images


<i>Carioca </i>1954
Carioca 1954
<i>Caravelas </i>1955
Caravelas 1955


Graphics


<i>Cananéia </i> 1952
Cananéia 1952


Project history

Multi-purpose ships, capable to carry minelaying or minesweeping equipment. They were projected on a basis of German minesweepers of the WWI period. During the Second World War they were converted to escorts and re-rated as corvettes.

Modernizations

1942-1944, Carioca, Cananéia, Cabedelo, Caravelas, Camaquã: - 44 mines, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers N, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

1942/44, Cabedelo: - 44 mines, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

late 1940s, Carioca, Cananéia, Cabedelo, Caravelas: - 1 x 1 - 102/45, 2 DCT, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 50 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear

late 1940s, Cabedelo: - 2 DCT, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 50 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear

Naval service

Camaquã foundered 21.7.1944 during a storm off Pernambuco. Survived ships after war were again converted to minesweepers, except Camocim, remained a corvette.