Minas Geraes, spelled Minas Gerais in some sources, was a dreadnought battleship of the Brazilian Navy. Named in honor of the state of Minas Gerais, the...
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Two Minas Geraes-class battleships were built for the Brazilian Navy in the early twentieth century. Named Minas Geraes and São Paulo, these "dreadnought"...
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São Paulo was a dreadnought battleship of the Brazilian Navy. It was the second of two ships in the Minas Geraes class, and was named after the state and...
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South American dreadnought race (category Battleships)
Topliss, "Brazilian Dreadnoughts", 246; "Brazilian Battleship 'Minas Geraes'—Most Powerful Fighting Ship Afloat", Scientific American, 428. "Brazil", Naval...
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time. Despite the fact that Brazil had more ships than the other two nations, including the two battleships of the Minas Geraes class, the possible commissioning...
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South American dreadnought race and a counter to Brazil's two Minas Geraes-class battleships. In 1904, Brazil scrapped a previous naval building program in...
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Minas Gerais is the second-most populous state of Brazil Minas Gerais or Minas Geraes may also refer to: Campeonato Mineiro, the Brazilian name for the...
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she introduced an Anglican choral service in the launching ceremony for battleship Alexandra. The usage continues with the singing of Psalm 107 with its...
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mission in 1907 was to convey the Brazilian Naval Commission to take delivery of the new battleships, Minas Geraes and São Paulo. Riachuelo was deactivated...
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Dreadnought (redirect from Dreadnought battleship)
battery than any other battleship afloat at the time (twelve 12-inch/45 calibre guns). Two were completed for Brazil: Minas Geraes was laid down on by Armstrong...
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surviving battleship, Nagato to the United States following World War II. Brazilian Navy: decommissioned its last battleship Minas Geraes in 1952. Italian...
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List of capital ships of minor navies (redirect from List of capital ships of minor battleship navies)
Anahuac Marechal Floriano (1899) – Discarded, broken up 1936 Minas Geraes class Minas Geraes (1910) – Broken up 1954 São Paulo (1910) – Sank in storm while...
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HMS Agincourt (1913) (redirect from Brazilian battleship Rio de Janeiro (1913))
their purchase. In March 1907, they signed a contract for three Minas Geraes-class battleships. Two ships would be constructed immediately by the British companies...
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extensive quotation from this article appears in [[Minas Geraes-class battleship|Minas Geraes-class battleship]]. "Memoria Da Imigração Japonesa No Brasil"...
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Brazilian battleship Rio de Janeiro may refer to: A cancelled battleship of the Minas Geraes class contracted to Brazil. A battleship contracted to Brazil...
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between Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, which was ended only by the advent of the First World War. Brazil's first two dreadnoughts, Minas Geraes and São...
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EOC 12-inch 45-calibre naval gun (category Naval weapons of Brazil)
the Minas Geraes-class battleships completed by itself and Vickers in 1910 for Brazil. When World War I began, Elswick were completing the battleship Sultân...
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over the arrangement of the main battery. The two Minas Geraes-class battleships being built for Brazil mounted the same number of guns, but in a more efficient...
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United States command, Brazilian troops fought primarily in the liberation of Italy from September 1944 to May 1945, while the Brazilian Navy and Air Force...
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João Cândido Felisberto (category 20th-century Brazilian military personnel)
revolt, known in Brazil as "Revolta da Chibata" ("Revolt of the Lash"). Sailors took control of two Brazilian battleships, Minas Geraes and São Paulo, both...
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of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the...
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transported the crew of the battleship Minas Geraes to Newcastle (where the battleship was being built). In 1910, the ship represented Brazil at the centennial...
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to a head in November 1910, when sailors aboard the new dreadnought Minas Geraes rebelled, and the crews of Deodoro, another new dreadnought (São Paulo)...
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large naval building plan. The centerpiece of the new navy would be two Minas Geraes-class dreadnoughts built by the United Kingdom. The order for these powerful...
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Military history of South America (section Brazil)
launched in 1906, leading Brazil to alter her order for two, far more expensive vessels of a similar design. Minas Geraes and São Paulo instantly changed...
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then under construction for the Brazilian Navy, along with Minas Geraes, which had been commissioned into the Brazilian fleet in 1910. These deals fell...
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This is a list of active Brazilian Navy ships. The Navy has approximately 134 ships in commission, including 39 auxiliary ships. 9 frigates/corvettes...
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commission, behind the United Kingdom and Germany, but just ahead of Brazil's Minas Geraes class—and its shakedown cruise lasted until 7 June. South Carolina's...
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Rio de Janeiro (redirect from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
punishment slaves received. The mutineers took control of the battleship Minas Geraes and threatened to fire on the city. Another military revolt occurred...
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This is a list of battleships of the Second World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative...
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