Deodoro-class coastal defense ship

The Deodoro class were two French-designed and built coastal defense battleships built for the Brazilian Navy in the late 1890s. Upon their completion, Scientific American called them small vessels of a type "built only for second-rate naval powers," but also noted that it was a "wonder ... so much armor and armament could be carried" on a ship of its size.[1] They served the Brazilian Navy as its only modern armored warships until the arrival of two dreadnoughts in 1910.[2]

Deodoro
Class overview
NameDeodoro class
BuildersSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France
Operators
Preceded byJavary class
Succeeded byNone
Built1898-1899
In service1900-1936
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics
TypeCoastal defence battleship
Displacement3,162 tons standard
Length81.5 meters
Beam14.4 meters
Draught4.19 meters
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement200
Armament
Armour
NotesIn 1912 both vessels were modernized with 8 Babcock & Wilcox oil-firing boilers replacing the coal-fired boilers. 400t of oil were carried.

About

The ships had a low freeboard and long superstructures with single-gun main turrets arranged at each end. Their secondary batteries were also mounted at each end of the superstructure, albeit in casemates in each corner. All used British Armstrong guns.[3]

In 1912, both ships were overhauled with new propulsion and armament.[2] In 1924, Brazil sold Marshal Deodoro to the Mexican Navy.[4] She served for another 14 years, primarily as a training vessel.

Deodoro-class coast-defense ships
  • Deodoro (sold to Mexico and commissioned as the Anáhuac)
  • Floriano (scrapped)

References
  1. "The New Brazilian Armorclad 'Marshal Deodoro'". Scientific American. 82 (12): 184. 24 March 1900. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican03241900-184a.
  2. Lyon, p. 407
  3. Lyon, pp. 403–404
  4. The New International Year Book. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1925. p. 505.

Bibliography
  • Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Brazil". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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