São Paulo |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Hull Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
July 12, 1910 |
Keel Laid: |
Apr. 30, 1907 |
Decommissioned: |
1946 |
Launched: |
April 19, 1909 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap in 1951. Departed Rio de Janeiro under tow on Sept. 20, 1951 bound for England. Tow line broke in storm Nov. 6, 1951 aprox. 150 NM north of the Azores. Exact location of loss is unknown. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
543' |
Engines: |
2 triple expansion by Armstrong |
Beam: |
83' |
Boilers: |
18 Babcock & Wilcox (coal fired) |
Draft: |
25' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
19,200 std. / 21,200 full |
SHP: |
23,500 |
Speed: |
21 knots |
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Crew: |
850 |
Range: |
3,600 NM @ 19 knots |
Main armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
12 |
12"/45 (305mm) |
6 twin turrets |
20,435 yards @ 16° (11.6 miles) with a 850 lb. armor piercing shell |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 30, 2007 |