| Brazilian destroyer Amazonas (1908) | |
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| Career (Brazil) | |
| Name: | Amazonas |
| Namesake: | Amazonas (Brazilian state) |
| Ordered: | 1904 |
| Builder: | Yarrow |
| Launched: | 1908 |
| Completed: | 1909 |
| Decommissioned: | 1931 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 560 long tons (570 t)[1] |
| Length: | 240 ft (73 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)[1] |
| Draught: | 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | Vertical triple expansion steam engines, 2 shafts[1] |
| Speed: | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) design,[1] 28.736 knots (33.069 mph; 53.219 km/h); at trials.[1] |
| Range: | 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 130 |
| Armament: |
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Amazonas was a Pará-class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy, serving from 1909 to 1931.[2]
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Bibliography[]
- Gardiner, Robert and Randal Gray, eds. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. ISBN 0-87021-907-3. OCLC 12119866.
- "CT Amazonas - CT 1." Navios De Guerra Brasileiros. Accessed 27 August 2017.
- "Amazonas." Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios. Diretoria do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha, Departamento de História Marítima. Accessed 19 August 2017.
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