Brazilian destroyer Piauí (1908)

History
Brazil
Name	Piauí
Namesake	Piauí (Brazilian state)
Ordered	June 1907
Builder	Yarrow, Scotstoun
Yard number	1261
Laid down	February 1908
Launched	7 September 1908
Sponsored by	Senhora Burlamaqui
Completed	21 December 1908
Decommissioned	1944
Stricken	1944
Identification	3
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Pará-class destroyer
Displacement	560 long tons (570 t) (standard); 650 long tons (660 t) (deep load);
Length	240 ft (73 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught	7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Installed power	6,563 ihp (4,894 kW); 2 double-ended Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion;
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range	3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	130
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 4 × 47 mm (3pdr) guns , mounting P Mark I,; 2 × single torpedo tubes for 18 in (460 mm) torpedoes;

Piauí was a Pará-class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy, serving from 1909 to 1944. She was named after the Brazilian state of Piauí.

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