| Name: | AMAZONAS |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 06/02/1896 |
| Launched: | 04/12/1896 |
| Completed: | 19/08/1897 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 631 |
| Dimensions: | 3409disp, 330.0 x 43.0 x 16.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (31, 46 & 70 x 30ins), 7500ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; |
| 3 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes (1 x bow & 2 x broadside) | |
| History: | |
| 19/08/1897 | Government of Brazil |
| 16/03/1898 | Government of the United States |
| 04/1898 | Renamed NEW ORLEANS |
| 11/02/1930 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Sold before commissioning into Brazilian Navy |
| The USA was at war with Spain at this time & required more warships | |
| 18/03/1898: Commissioned as USS AMAZONAS | |
| 16/11/1922: Decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Yard | |
| 11/02/1930: Sold for breaking up |
Above photo as AMAZONAS is copyright of Vickers Archives
Above photo as NEW ORLEANS is copyright of the US Naval Historical Center
Above photo as NEW ORLEANS is copyright of the US Naval Historical Center
Above photo as NEW ORLEANS is copyright of the US Naval Historical Center