Brazilian ironclad Silvado
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Silvado class |
| Operators |  Brazil |
| Preceded by | Brasil |
| Succeeded by | Barroso |
| Built | 1864–1866 |
| In commission | 1866–1880 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
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| Name | Silvado |
| Namesake | Captain Americo Brasilio Silvado |
| Builder | Arman Brothers, Bordeaux |
| Laid down | 1864 |
| Launched | 1865 |
| Completed | 15 September 1866 |
| Stricken | 3 June 1880 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Turreted ironclad |
| Displacement | 1,350 metric tons (1,330 long tons) |
| Length | 66 meters (216 ft 6 in) (p.p.) |
| Beam | 11.6 meters (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 3.9 meters (13 ft) |
| Installed power | 950 indicated horsepower (710 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam engine, 2 boilers |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 170 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 × 2 - 120-pdr Whitworth rifled muzzle loader guns |
| Armor | list error: <br /> list (help) 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
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.
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