Brazilian cruiser Rio Grande do Sul

History
Rio Grande do Sul sometime after its mid-1920s modernization, as indicated by the third funnel.^[1]
Brazil
Name:	Rio Grande do Sul
Namesake:	The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
Builder:	Armstrong Whitworth^[1]
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bahia-class cruiser
Displacement:	3,100 tonnes (3,050 long tons; 3,420 short tons)^[1]^[2]
Length:	122.38 m (401.5 ft) oa 115.82 m (380.0 ft) pp^[2]
Beam:	11.89–11.91 m (39.0–39.1 ft)^[2]
Draft:	3.81 m (12.5 ft) forward^[2] 4.75 m (15.6 ft) amidships^[2] 4.42 m (14.5 ft) aft^[2]
Propulsion:	Five Parsons steam turbines,^[3] ten Yarrow boilers^[2] Coal normal 150 t (148 long tons; 165 short tons)^[3] Maximum 650 t (640 long tons; 717 short tons)^[3]
Speed:	27.016 knots (50.034 km/h; 31.089 mph) trial^[1] 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) at full load^[2]
Endurance:	1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)^[3] 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)^[3]
Complement:	320^[3] to 357^[2]
Armament:	ten × 120 mm (4.724 in)/50 caliber,^[2] six × 3 pdr 47 mm (1.85 in)/50 caliber,^[1]^[2] two × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes^[1]
Armor:	Deck: 19 mm (0.748 in)^[1] Conning tower: 76 mm (2.992 in)^[1]
Notes:	Specifications given are prior to the 1925–26 modernization.

Rio Grande do Sul was a Bahia-class cruiser built for the Brazilian Navy in 1909–10.

Endnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Scheina, "Brazil," 405.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Rio Grande do Sul I," Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Moore ed., Janes Fighting Ships, 300.

Brook, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867 – 1927. Gravesend, Kent, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
Moore, John, ed. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Random House [Jane's Publishing Company], 2001 [1919]. ISBN 1-85170-378-0. OCLC 48257502.
"Rio Grande do Sul I." Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios. Diretoria do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha, Departamento de História Marítima. Accessed 27 January 2015.
Scheina, Robert L. "Brazil" in Robert Gardiner and Randal Gray, eds. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. ISBN 0-87021-907-3. OCLC 12119866.
Whitley, M.J. Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-141-6. OCLC 34089382.

Bahia-class cruisers

Bahia Rio Grande do Sul

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