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Brazilian ironclad Brasil
The Brazilian ironclad ''Brasil'' was an armored corvette built in France for the Brazilian Navy in the mid-1860s. Configured as a central-battery ironclad, she served during the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay.
==Design and description==
Concerned about the construction of ironclad warships in Europe and North America, the Imperial Brazilian Minister of the Navy, Rear Admiral Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare, sent a small mission to Europe to study the latest advances in armor and steam propulsion technology. Upon its return in March 1863, it brought back plans and estimates for a small armored corvette as well as river gunboats to be built in France.〔Gratz, p. 140〕
''Brasil'' measured overall, and had a beam of . She had a maximum draft of and displaced . The ship had a simple single-expansion steam engine, rated at 250 nominal horsepower, that used steam generated by two boilers to drive a single four-bladed propeller. Designed for a speed of , ''Brasil'' reached during her sea trials off Rio de Janeiro. The ship carried of coal although nothing is known about her range or endurance. She was fully rigged with three masts and a bowsprit and had a sail area of .〔Gratz, p. 141〕
The ship was armed with four 70-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading guns and four smoothbore 68-pounder guns.〔Gardiner, p. 405〕 ''Brasil'' had a complete waterline belt of wrought iron that ranged in thickness from amidships to at the ends of the ship. The casemate was thick. Both the belt and casemate armor were backed by of wood.〔
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