| Name: | MINAS GERAIS also seen as MINAS GERAES |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 17/04/1907 |
| Launched: | 10/09/1908 |
| Completed: | 05/01/1910 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 791 |
| Dimensions: | 19280disp, 500.0 x 83.0 x 25.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (39, 63 & 73, 73 x 42ins), 27000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd, Barrow (No 348) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 21.4knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 2 x 12.0ins, 22 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 8 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns |
| History: | |
| 05/01/1910 | Government of Brazil |
| 1953 | Broken up |
| Comments: | When completed she was the world's most heavily armed ship |
| 1953: Sold for breaking up | |
| 22/04/1954: Arrived at Genoa, Italy, for breaking up | |
| 1954: Broken up by SA Cantiere Navale de Santa Maria |
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Above photo is copyright of Newcastle City Libraries
Above photo is copyright of Newcastle City Libraries
Above photo is copyright of Newcastle City Libraries
Above, leaving on trials 14/09/1909. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo after modernisation in 1934-38. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
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