Английская Википедия:Brazilian ironclad Brasil

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship class overviewШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristics

The Brazilian ironclad Brasil was an armored corvette built in France for the Brazilian Navy in the mid-1860s. Configured as a central-battery ironclad, she served during the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay.

Design and description

Concerned about the construction of ironclad warships in Europe and North America, the Imperial Brazilian Minister of the Navy, Rear Admiral Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare, sent a small mission to Europe to study the latest advances in armor and steam propulsion technology. Upon its return in March 1863, it brought back plans and estimates for a small armored corvette as well as river gunboats to be built in France.[1]

Brasil measured Шаблон:Convert overall, and had a beam of Шаблон:Convert. She had a maximum draft of Шаблон:Convert and displaced Шаблон:Convert. The ship had a simple single-expansion steam engine, rated at 250 nominal horsepower, that used steam generated by two boilers to drive a single four-bladed propeller. Designed for a speed of Шаблон:Convert, Brasil reached Шаблон:Convert during her sea trials off Rio de Janeiro. The ship carried Шаблон:Convert of coal although nothing is known about her range or endurance. She was fully rigged with three masts and a bowsprit and had a sail area of Шаблон:Convert.[2]

The ship was armed with four 70-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading guns and four smoothbore 68-pounder guns.[3] Brasil had a complete waterline belt of wrought iron that ranged in thickness from Шаблон:Convert amidships to Шаблон:Convert at the ends of the ship. The casemate was Шаблон:Convert thick. Both the belt and casemate armor were backed by Шаблон:Convert of wood.[2]

Construction and service

Brasil, named for the nation,[4] was ordered on 5 January 1864 from the French shipbuilding company Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée. She cost £60,000[2] which was raised by popular subscription.[5] The ship was laid down at the company's La Seyne-sur-Mer shipyard later in the year and launched on 23 December. She was completed on 2 March 1865.[2]

Файл:Damaged ironclad Brasil.jpg
A heavily damaged Brasil (without masts) after the attack on Curuzu Fort, downstream of Curupaity, 1866

Footnotes

Шаблон:Reflist

References

External links

Шаблон:Brazilian ironclads

Партнерские ресурсы
Криптовалюты
Магазины
Хостинг
Разное

  1. ↑ Gratz, p. 140
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Gratz, p. 141
  3. ↑ Lyon, p. 405
  4. ↑ Silverstone, p. 37
  5. ↑ Silverstone, p. 33
Источник — http://wikihandbk.com/ruwiki/index.php?title=Английская_Википедия:Brazilian_ironclad_Brasil&oldid=13622785