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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

CARIOCA minelayers

Carioca 1954

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Carioca C1 Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 11/1937 22/10/1938 9/1939 stricken 1960
Cananéia C2 Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 11/1937 22/10/1938 9/1939 stricken 1960
Camocim C3 Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 12/1937 28/10/1939 6/1940 stricken 1960
Cabedelo C4 Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 3/1938 16/9/1939 6/1940 stricken 1960
Caravelas C5 Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 3/1938 16/9/1939 6/1940 stricken 1960
Camaquã C6 Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro 10/1938 16/9/1939 6/1940 foundered 21/6/1944

 

Displacement standard, t

552

Displacement full, t

780

Length, m

57.5 pp

Breadth, m

7.62

Draught, m

2.44

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

oil 86
Endurance, nm(kts) 2500(10)

Armament

Carioca, Cananéia, Camocim, Caravelas, Camaquã: 1 x 1 - 102/45 EOC N, 44 mines or sweeps

Cabedelo: 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC, 44 mines or sweeps

Complement

70

Ship project history: Multi-purpose ships, capable to carry minelaying or minesweeping equipment. They were projected on a basis of German minesweepers of the WWI period. During the Second World War they were converted to escorts and re-rated as corvettes.

Modernizations: 1942-1944, Carioca, Cananéia, Cabedelo, Caravelas, Camaquã: - 44 mines, sweeps; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 EOC N, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

1942/44, Cabedelo: - 44 mines, sweeps; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 EOC, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

late 1940s, Carioca, Cananéia, Cabedelo, Caravelas: - 1 x 1 - 102/45, 2 DCT, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 50 mines or sweeps

late 1940s, Cabedelo: - 2 DCT, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 50 mines or sweeps

Naval service: Camaquã foundered 21/7/1944 during a storm off Pernambuco. Survived ships after war were again converted to minesweepers, except Camocim, remained a corvette.

Cananéia 1952

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