Brazilian monitor Piauí

The Brazilian monitor Piauí was the fourth ship of the Pará-class river monitors built for the Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War in the late 1860s. Piauí passed the fortifications at Humaitá in July 1868 and provided fire support for the army for the rest of the war. The ship was assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla after the war. Piauí was scrapped in 1893.

For other ships with the same name, see Brazilian ship Piauí.

History
Empire of Brazil
NamePiauí
NamesakePiauí
Ordered1866
BuilderArsenal de Marinha da Côrte, Rio de Janeiro
Laid down8 December 1866
Launched8 January 1868
CompletedJanuary 1868
FateScrapped 1893
General characteristics
Class and typePará-class monitor
Displacement500 metric tons (490 long tons)
Length39 m (127 ft 11 in)
Beam8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)
Draft1.51–1.54 m (5.0–5.1 ft) (mean)
Installed power180 ihp (130 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam engines, 2 boilers
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement8 officers and 35 men
Armament1 × 120-pounder Whitworth gun
Armor
  • Belt: 51–102 mm (2.0–4.0 in)
  • Gun turret: 76–152 mm (3.0–6.0 in)
  • Deck: 12.7 mm (0.50 in)
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