Brazilian coastal defense ship Floriano

Floriano was a Deodoro-class coastal defense ship built for the Brazilian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century.

Floriano, c. 1899
History
Brazil
NameMarshal Floriano
NamesakeFloriano Peixoto
Ordered1890s
BuilderSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France
Laid down1896
Launched1898
Completed1900
Decommissioned1924
FateScrapped
General characteristics
TypeCoast defense ship
Displacement3,162 tons standard[1]
Length267 feet 6 inches (82 m)[1]
Beam47 feet 3 inches (14 m)[1]
Draught13 feet 2 inches (4 m)[1]
Propulsion
Speed15.5 knots (29 km/h; 18 mph) maximum[1]
Complement200[1]
Armament
Armour
  • Belt: 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) depth, 13.75 inches (349 mm) tapering to 4 inches (100 mm) thick[1]
  • Deck: 1.3 inches (33 mm)[1]
  • Casemate: 2.9 in (74 mm)[2]
  • Turret face: 8.6 in (220 mm)[2]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Gardiner et al, Conway's 1860–1905, 407 says the ship carried six of these guns, and does not list the 1-pounders.[2]

Endnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Brassey, Naval Annual, 1897, 49.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gardiner et al, Conway's 1860–1905, 407.

Bibliography edit

  • Brassey, TA, ed. (1897). The Naval Annual, 1897. Portsmouth: J Griffin and Company. OCLC 5973345.
  • "Floriano." Serviço de Documentação da Marinha — Histórico de Navios. Diretoria do Patrimônio Histórico e Documentação da Marinha, Departamento de História Marítima. Accessed 19 August 2017.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7. OCLC 931766183.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. OCLC 833677044.
  • Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Brazil". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
  • Morgan, Zachary R. (2014). Legacy of the Lash: Race and Corporal Punishment in the Brazilian Navy and the Atlantic World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253014207. OCLC 952824891.
  • "Notes and Queries of Service Afloat and Ashore". Navy & Army Illustrated. 6 (76): 401. 16 July 1898.
  • "The New Brazilian Armorclad 'Marshal Deodoro'". Scientific American. 82 (12): 184. 24 March 1900. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican03241900-184a.

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