Brazilian Navy — Cruiser
Brazilian cruiser Bahia
Service
- as Bahia21 May 1910 — 4 July 19452,133 days of the war
Bahia-class cruiser
Particulars
- Name
- Bahia
- Namesake
- State of Bahia
- Builder
- Armstrong Whitworth
- Laid down
- 19 August 1907
- Launched
- 20 January 1909
- Commissioned
- 21 May 1910
- Fate
- Sunk by an explosion, 4 July 1945
By accident (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 3,051 long tons (3,100 t)
- Length
- 122.38 m (401.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 11.91 m (39.1 ft)
- Draught
- 3.81 m (12.5 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Complement
- 320
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Bahia was a Bahia-class cruiser of the Brazilian Navy. She was named for State of Bahia. Armstrong Whitworth laid her keel on 19 August 1907. Launched on 20 January 1909, she entered service on 21 May 1910.
Two ships of the class were built.
She displaced 3,051 long tons. She measured 122.4 m (402 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 27.0 knots, and she carried a complement of 320.
Her main battery was ten 120 mm (4.7 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,133 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 July 1945 by accident, at 26°15′S 43°35′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Five Parsons steam turbines, ten Yarrow boilers
- Coal normal 150 t
- Maximum 650 t
- Armament
- 10 × 120 mm/50 caliber
- 6 × 3-pounder 47 mm/50 caliber
- 2 × 457 mm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Deck: 19 mm
- Conning tower: 76 mm
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Brazilian cruiser Bahia on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Marinha do Brasil — Cruzador-Auxiliar — CC0 — Wikimedia Commons