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Warning: Display title "Brazilian ironclad <i>Silvado</i>" overrides earlier display title "Brazilian ironclad<i> Silvado</i>" (help).
Class overview
NameSilvado class
Operators Imperial Brazilian Navy
Preceded byBrasil
Succeeded byBarroso
Built1864–1866
In commission1866–1880
Completed1
Scrapped1
History
Empire of Brazil
NameSilvado
NamesakeCaptain Americo Brasilio Silvado
BuilderArman Brothers, Bordeaux
Laid down1864
Launched1865
Completed15 September 1866
Stricken3 June 1880
General characteristics
TypeIronclad turret ship
Displacement1,350 metric tons (1,330 long tons)
Length66 m (216 ft 6 in) (p.p.)
Beam11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)
Draft3.9 m (13 ft)
Installed power950 ihp (710 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam engines, 2 boilers
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement170 officers and men
Armament2 × 2 - 70-pdr Whitworth rifled muzzle loader guns
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Belt: 3–4.5 in (76–114 mm)
Gun turret: 4.5 in (110 mm)

The Brazilian ironclad Silvado was originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864 with the name Nemesis, but was sold to Brazil when Paraguay could not make the final payments.

Footnotes

Nemesis -. Later Brazilian Silvado. This monitor was very manoeuvrable due to twin screw propellers and rudders.Iron hull. Displacement 2,350tons ( full load). 63.75m o.a. X 14.32m X 3.20m. Two Mazeline engines and boilers, 947ihp/10.7knots. Armour: turrets 203mm (ports) – 114mm, 114mm belt (max). Four 70pdr ML Whitworth ML guns. Collapsible bullwarks all around the ship. Cost 73,538 Sterling Pounds. Discarded 1880.

References

  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
  • Gratz, George A. (1999). "The Brazilian Imperial Navy Ironclads, 1865–1874". In Preston, Antony (ed.). Warship 1999–2000. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-724-4.
  • Holley, Alexander Lyman (1865). A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor. New York: D. Van Nostrand.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.