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Minas Gerais Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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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 |
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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 |
Name |
Builder |
Launched
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Fate |
Armstrong Elswick Works Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Sept. 10, 1908 |
Scrapped in 1953-54 |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Apr. 19, 1909 |
Sank in tow Nov. 6, 1951 |
Page published Mar. 17, 2007 |