Brazilian cruiser Rio Grande do Sul

	Rio Grande do Sul sometime after its mid-1920s modernization, as indicated by the third funnel.
History
Brazil
Name	Rio Grande Do Sul
Namesake	The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Yard number	810
Laid down	30 August 1907
Launched	20 April 1909
Commissioned	14 May 1910
Decommissioned	1948
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Bahia-class cruiser
Displacement	3,100 tonnes (3,050 long tons; 3,420 short tons)
Length	122.38 m (401.5 ft) oa; 115.82 m (380.0 ft) pp;
Beam	11.89–11.91 m (39.0–39.1 ft)
Draft	3.81 m (12.5 ft) forward; 4.75 m (15.6 ft) amidships; 4.42 m (14.5 ft) aft;
Propulsion	Five Parsons steam turbines, ten Yarrow boilers; Coal normal 150 t (148 long tons; 165 short tons); Maximum 650 t (640 long tons; 717 short tons);
Speed	27.016 knots (50.034 km/h; 31.089 mph) trial; 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) at full load;
Endurance	1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph); 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph);
Complement	320 to 357
Armament	ten × 120 mm (4.724 in)/50 caliber,; six × 3 pdr 47 mm (1.85 in)/50 caliber,; two × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Deck: 19 mm (0.748 in); Conning tower: 76 mm (2.992 in);
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.

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