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Name: TIRADENTES
Type: Torpedo Gunboat
Keel: 06/1891
Launched: 26/05/1892
Completed: 11/1892
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 588
Dimensions: 728disp, 165.0 x 30.0 x 10.8(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x VT3cyl (15.5, 24 & 37 x 16ins), 1646ihp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.5knots
Construction: Steel, wood sheathed
Armament: 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 3 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes
History:
13/09/1892 Brazilian Navy
05/07/1925 Broken up
Comments: 13/09/1892: Builder's trials


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