Navies of the world

by Edward W. Very

Type and Name.	Thickness of Armor.		A	B	Mean Draft.	C
	Light.	Heavy.
	Inches	Inches	Ft.	Tons.	Ft. In.
Turret Ships.
Sete de Setembro					15 4	Iron
Solimoës	6	12	10	3,660	11 6	”
Javari	6	12	10	3,660	11 6	”
Lima Barros	3	4.5	8	1,330	13 5	”
Silvado	3	4.5	9	1,130	10 6	”
Bahia	2.75	4.5	11	964	8 6	”
Casemate Ships.
Tamandaré	2.5	4	25	964	7 9	Wood
Barrozo	2.5	4.5	25	964	8 5	”
Cabral	2.75	4.5	8	1,016	11 5	Iron
Colombo	2.75	4.5	8	1,016	12 1	”
Herval	2.75	4.5	8.5	787	9 6	”
Mariz é Barros	2.75	4.5	8.5	787	9 6	”
Brazil	2.75	4.5	8.5	1,493	12 5	”
River Monitors.
Alagoas	2	4.5	14.5	334	4 11	Wood
Pará	2	4.5	14.5	334	4 11	”
Rio Grande	2	4.5	14.5	334	4 11	”
Santa Catarina	2	4.5	14.5	334	4 11	”
Ceara	2	4.5	14.5	334	4 11	”
Pianhy	2	4.5	14.5	334	4 11	”

• D = Maximum Speed.
• E = Date of Launch.

Type and Name.	Horse- power.	D	E	Battery
		Knots.	Year.
Turret Ships.
Sete de Setembro	Nominal 300		1876	IV 9¼-inch Whitworth.
Solimoës	Indicated 2,200	11	1875	IV 10¼-inch  ”
Javari	Indicated 1,685	11	1875	IV 10-¼-inch  ”
Lima Barros	Nominal 300	12	1866	IV 7-inch    ”
Silvado	200	11	1866	IV 5.8-inch  ”
Bahia	140	10.5	1865	II 7-inch    ”
Casemate Ships.
Tamandaré	80	8.5	1865	III 68-pdr. smooth-bore.
				I 5.8-inch ”
Barrozo	130	9	1864	III 4.7-inch ”
				II 7-inch ”
				II 68-pdr. ”
Cabral	240	10.5	1864	II 5.8-inch Whitworth.
				IV 68-pdr. smooth-bore.
Colombo	240	10.5	1864	VIII 68-pdr.”
Herval	200	9	1865	IV 7-inch Whitworth.
Mariz é Barros	200	9	1865	II 7-inch”
				II 68-pdr. smooth-bore.
Brazil	250	11.5	1865	IV 7-inch Whitworth.
				IV 68-pdr. smooth-bore.
River Monitors.
Alagoas	30	7.5	1864	I 5.8-inch Whitworth.
Pará	30	7.5	1864	I 5.8-inch ”
Rio Grande	30	7.5	1864	I 5.8-inch ”
Santa Catarina	30	7.5	1864	I 7-inch”
Ceara	30	7.5	1864	I 7-inch”
Pianhy	30	7.5	1864	I 7-inch”

SOLIMÖES. JAVARI.

SOLIMÖES.

Double-turreted, low-freeboard monitors of the American type. No overhang. Twin screws. Guns loaded by hydraulic apparatus outside the turrets. No port stoppers or shutters. Magazines and shell-rooms under the turrets. Pilot-house just abaft the forward turret. Flying deck communicating with the lower deck by a musket-proof passage, and armed with two 9-pdr. Whitworth rifles and two Gatling guns for defence against torpedo-boats. Armor of decreasing thickness at bow and stern. Boats stow on the flying deck without davits, being hoisted in and out by a derrick and the signal-mast. Water-closets and bath-rooms on the flying deck.

LIMA BARROS. SILVADO. BAHIA.

Double-turreted, high freeboard vessels with a drop rail; three-quarter sail-power. ([See Prinz Hendrik, Dutch].) The Silvado is unseaworthy.