Dom Carlos I 1899

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Name:	DOM CARLOS I or also DOM CARLOS PRIMEIRO
Type:	Cruiser
Keel:	03/12/1896
Launched:	05/05/1898
Completed:	19/04/1899
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard:	Elswick
Yard Number:	669
Dimensions:	4253disp, 360.0 x 46.5 x 17.5(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x VT4cyl (30.5, 49 & 56, 56 x 27ins), 8000ihp
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 20.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	4 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 8 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 14 x 1 3pdr QF guns
	5 x 18.0inch torpedoes
History:
19/04/1899	Government of Portugal
1910	Renamed ALMIRANTE REIS
1923	Broken up

Comments:	1918: Commenced a rebuilding but never completed
	Some sources have engines by Humphrey & Tennant