São Paulo

Type:
Battleship
Class:
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
Crew:
850
Range:
3,600 NM @ 19 knots


Main armament
Number Carried
Type
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
Page published Jan. 30, 2007