Aquidaban

Later names:
Vinte e quatro de Mayo (1894)
Aquidaban (1900)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Samuda Brothers
London, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
January 17, 1885
Keel Laid:
June 18, 1883
Commissioned:
June 1885
Fate:
Jan. 21, 1906 sank due to magazine explosion.

Location: South Atlantic, 4 miles south-east of Angra dos Reis, Brazil.
(23.03S - 44.16W)

At least 212 crewmen and visitors killed, 98 survivors removed by the cruiser Barroso
and landed at Rio de Janeiro.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
279' 8"
Engines:
2 three cylinder compound vertical
Beam:
51' 8"
Boilers:
8 cylindrical (coal fired)
Draft:
21' 6"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
4,950
HP:
5,000 (6,000 forced)
Speed:
15.5 knots
Crew:
388
Range:
N/A


Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
8"/45
2 twin turrets
N/A
4
4.7"/50
single mounts
9,000 yards @ 20°
45 lb. HE shell
Torpedo Tubes
5
18" (450MM)
3 surface
2 submerged
N/A
Armament notes:
Also carried various small guns such as 6 pounders.


Timeline
Apr. 18, 1894:
Sunk in shallow water by torpedo boat Sampaio at Desterro Harbor, Brazil. Much
of the equipment had been destroyed by the crew before sinking.

1894:
Raised and renamed Vinte e quatro de Mayo.
1897:
Rebuilt at Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany.
1900:
Renamed Aquidaban.
1904:
Fore and aft mast removed, sail rigging removed from mainmast.
Jan. 21, 1906:
Sunk by magazine explosion.

Thanks to Philip J. Heydon, I.S.M. for providing additional information about this vessel.


Builder's Data
Page published Oct. 24, 2009