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Cabral-class ironclad

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|Ship image= Cabral (1866).JPG

|Ship caption=A drawing of Cabral

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=Cabral

|Builders=J. and G. Rennie, Millwall, London

|Class before={{sclass|Mariz e Barros|ironclad|4}}

|Class after={{ship|Brazilian ironclad|Sete de Setembro

2}}

|Built range=1864–1866

|In service range=1866–1885

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|Total ships completed=2

|Total ships scrapped=2

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|Ship class=Armored corvette

|Ship displacement= {{convert|1033|LT|t}}

|Ship length= {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}

|Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft={{convert|11.75

12.1|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship power={{convert|750|ihp|lk=in|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 steam engines

|Ship speed= {{convert|10.5|kn|lk=in}}

|Ship range=

|Ship complement=

|Ship armament=*4 × 120-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading guns or

|Ship armor=Belt: {{convert|3

4.5|in|mm|abbr=on}}

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The Cabral-class ironclads were a pair of iron-hulled, armored corvettes originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864, but were sold to Brazil when Paraguay defaulted on the payments. Configured as central-battery ironclads, they served during the 1864–1870 Paraguayan War between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay.

Design and description

The ships were {{convert|160|ft|m|1}} long, had a beam of {{convert|35|ft|6|in|m|1}} and drafts of {{convert|11.75|-|12.1|ft|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|1033|LT|t}}. The Cabral class had a pair of steam engines, each driving one propeller. The engines produced a total of {{convert|750|ihp|lk=in}} and gave the ships a maximum speed of {{convert|10.5|kn|lk=in}}. Their crew consisted of 125 officers and enlisted men.Lyon, p. 406

Cabral was armed with two 70-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading guns and two smoothbore 68-pounder guns, while Colombo had four 120-pounder Whitworth guns. The ships had a complete waterline belt of wrought iron that ranged in thickness from {{convert|114|mm|in|sp=us|1}} amidships to {{convert|76|mm|in|sp=us|1}} at the ends of the ship.

Ships

class="wikitable"
Paraguayan name

!Brazilian name

!Namesake

! | Builder

! | Laid down

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!Fate

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|{{ship|Brazilian ironclad|Cabral

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|Pedro Álvares Cabral

|rowspan=2|J. and G. Rennie, Millwall, London

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|rowspan=2|1866

|rowspan=2|Stricken, 1885

|{{ship|Brazilian ironclad|Colombo2}}

|Christopher Columbus

See also

Footnotes

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References

  • {{cite journal|last1=Davis|first1=William H.|year=1977|title=Question 1/77|journal=Warship International|volume=XIV|issue=2|pages=161–172|issn=0043-0374}}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Lyon|author1-first=Hugh|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Kolesnik|editor2-first=Eugene M.|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905|chapter=Brazil |year=1979|location=London|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|isbn=0-85177-133-5|name-list-style=amp}}

{{Brazilian ironclads}}

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