Brazilian ironclad Brasil
The Brazilian ironclad Brasil was an armored corvette built in France for the Brazilian Navy in the mid-1860s. Configured as a central-battery ironclad, she served during the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay.
Brasil in Guanabara Bay before its departure to Paraguay | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Barroso |
| Built | 1864–1865 |
| In service | 1865–1890 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
| Empire of Brazil | |
| Name | Brasil |
| Namesake | Brazil |
| Ordered | 5 January 1864 |
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer |
| Laid down | 1864 |
| Launched | 23 December 1864 |
| Commissioned | 2 March 1865 |
| Fate | Converted into a floating battery, 1890? |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Armored corvette |
| Displacement | 1,518 metric tons (1,494 long tons) |
| Length | 63.41 m (208 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 10.75 m (35 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 3.81 m (12.5 ft) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 steam engine, |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Armament | |
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