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Alagoas

Alagoas

Survived

Imperial Brazilian Navy

TypeMonitor
ClassPará
WarParaguayan War
Main guns1 × 70-pounder gun

River monitor. At Humaitá her tow was shot away; she went back under fire and crossed again.

1 foto : carte de visite : papel albuminado, p&b; 4,9 x 8,8. Photo: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × 70-pounder Whitworth gun

Armour

  • Belt: 51–102 mm (2.0–4.0 in)
  • Gun turret: 76–152 mm (3.0–6.0 in)
  • Deck: 12.7 mm (0.50 in)
BuilderArsenal de Marinha da Corte, Rio de Janeiro
Laid down8 December 1866
Launched29 October 1867
Displacement500 metric tons (490 long tons)
Length39 m (127 ft 11 in)
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement8 officers and 35 men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

29 October 1867

19 February 1868

Second pair; tow shot away, crossed again alone

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1900