| Name: | RIO GRANDE DO SUL |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 30/08/1907 |
| Launched: | 20/04/1909 |
| Completed: | 14/05/1910 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 810 |
| Dimensions: | 3100disp, 380.0 x 39.0 x 13.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 18000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 27.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 10 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 6 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 14/05/1910 | Government of Brazil |
| 1948 | Stricken |
| Comments: | 1926: Modernised, re-engined and 3rd funnel added. 28.0knots |
| Additional 4 x 1 x 3.0ins AA guns & torpedoes became 2 x 2 x 21ins |
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Profile & Decks plans courtesy of The Engineer, May 1910. Click HERE to enlarge
Greenock Telegraph, Wednesday, 21/04/1909