Acre-class destroyer
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The Acre-class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy. None were completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class.
Design
Built in Brazil to a modified British design along with some U.S. equipment, they were built to replace six H-class destroyers (or Jurua class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. Due to design complications, the ships took a long time to complete, having been finished from 1949 to 1951.
The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and gun no. 2 being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four from 1973 to 1974.
Ships
The six ships were:
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! scope="col" | Laid downWhitley 2000, p. 22 ! scope="col" | Decommissioned |
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| scope="row" | {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Acre||2}}
| 28 December 1940 | 30 May 1945 | 10 December 1951 | 1974 |
| scope="row" | {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Ajuricaba||2}}
| 28 December 1940 | 30 May 1945 | data-sort-value="1 December 1951" | December 1951 | 1964 |
| scope="row" | {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Amazonas|1943|2}}
| 20 July 1940 | 29 November 1943 | 10 November 1949 | 1973 |
| scope="row" | {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Apa||2}}
| 28 December 1940 | 30 May 1945 | data-sort-value="1 December 1951" | December 1951 | 1964 |
| scope="row" | {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Araguarí||2}}
| 28 December 1940 | 14 July 1946 | 23 June 1951 | 1974 |
| scope="row" | {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Araguaya||2}}
| 20 July 1940 | 24 November 1943 | 3 September 1949 | 1974 |
See also
Citations
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References
- {{cite book|editor-last1=Gardiner|editor-first1=Robert|editor-last2=Chesneau|editor-first2=Roger|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|year=1980|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- Whitley M.J. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|1-85409-521-8}}
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