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Pará-class destroyer (1908)

{{Short description|Class of Brazilian warships}}

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|Ship caption=The crew of Amazonas manning the rails during Independence Day celebrations, 1923.

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|Name=Pará class

|Builders= Yarrow

|Operators={{naval|Brazil}}

|Class before={{ship|Brazilian torpedo boat|Tamayo

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|Class after=Maranhão

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|Built range=1908–1910

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|In commission range=1908–1946

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|Total ships planned= 10

|Total ships completed= 10

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|Total ships retired=10

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|Ship type=Destroyer

|Ship displacement= {{convert|560|LT|t|lk=on}}

|Ship length= {{convert|240|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught= {{convert|7|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=Vertical triple expansion steam engines, 2 shafts

|ship power={{convert|8000|ihp|lk=on|abbr=on}}

|Ship speed={{convert|27|kn|lk=in}} design, {{convert|28.736|kn}}; at trials.

|Ship range={{convert|3700|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn}}

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|Ship complement=130

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|Ship armament=*2 × QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII guns

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The Pará-class destroyers were a class of ten destroyers built for the Brazilian Navy between 1908 and 1910 by Yarrow in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow, Scotland. All were named after states of Brazil. The class closely resembled the British {{sclass2|River|destroyer|1||1903}}s. All ten ships were ordered under the 1907 Naval Programme and exceeded the design speed during sea trials, the best being Parana. The class proved very maneuverable with a turning circle of 375 yards at full speed. The class served in both World War I and World War II.

Design

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The Pará class was designed for a crew of 104 men, powered by double shaft, four-cylinder VTE engines with two coal-fired Yarrow boilers which produced {{convert|8,000|shp|kW|lk=on}}. With a capacity of 140 tons of coal their range was {{convert|3,700|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}}. They were armed with two QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII guns, four 3-pounder guns, and two British 18-inch torpedo torpedo tubes.{{Harvnb|Gardiner|Gray|1985|p=406}}

All units exceeded their {{convert|27|kn}} design speed; the best trial speed was Parana, at {{convert|28.736|kn}}. The ships were divided into ten watertight compartments by bulkheads from the outer bottom plating to the upper deck. The class proved to be very maneuverable; the diameter of the turning circle was {{convert|375|yd|m ft|abbr=on}} at full speed and {{convert|340|yd|m ft|abbr=on}} at two-thirds speed.

Ships

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Ten ships were ordered under the 1907 Naval Program intended to modernize the navy; all built by Yarrow.

  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Pará|1908|2}} — launched 14 July 1908, stricken 1933.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Piauí|1908|2}} — launched 7 December 1908, stricken 1944.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Amazonas|1908|2}} — launched 21 November 1908, stricken 1931.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Mato Grosso|1909|2}} — launched 23 January 1909, stricken 1946.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Rio Grande do Norte|1909|2}} — launched 1909, stricken 1944.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Paraíba|1909|2}} — launched 18 May 1909, stricken 1944.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Alagoas|1909|2}} — launched 29 July 1909, disarmed 1939.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Santa Catarina|1909|2}} — launched 26 October 1909, stricken 1944.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Paraná|1910|2}} — launched 27 March 1910, disarmed 1933.
  • {{ship|Brazilian destroyer|Sergipe|1910|2}} — launched 25 May 1910, stricken 1944.

See also

  • {{sclass|Pará|destroyer (1959)|1}}
  • {{sclass|Pará|destroyer (1989)|1}}

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book | editor1-last = Gardiner | editor1-first = Robert | editor2-last = Gray | editor2-first = Randal | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | year = 1985 | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-907-3 | oclc = 12119866 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=V2r_TBjR2TYC}}
  • {{cite book | last = Scheina | first = Robert L. | title = Latin America's Wars: Volume II, The Age of the Professional Soldier, 1900–2001| year = 2003 | location = Washington D.C. | publisher = Brassey's | isbn = 1-57488-452-2 | oclc = 53078537 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aWQ_7oKJfkC }}

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Category:Destroyer classes

Category:Brazil–United Kingdom relations