São Paulo Brazilian Battleship

The São Paulo was a Brazilian Battleship commissioned in 1910. It was the second of two ships in the Minas Geraes class, and was named after the state and city of São Paulo. Reduced to a reserve coastal defense role in the 1930s due to its poor condition, it was stricken in 1947. While being towed to the United Kingdom in 1961 for scrapping, the tow line broke and the ship sank.

General characteristics

Class and type: Minas Geraes-class battleship
Displacement:
19,105 tons standard
21,370 tons full load
Length:
500 ft (150 m) p.p
543 ft (166 m) overall
Beam: 83 ft (25 m)
Draft:
24 ft 8.75 in (7.5375 m) normal
27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) full load
Installed power:
23,500 shp (17,524 kW; design)
23,400 ihp (design)
27,500 ihp (actual)
Propulsion:
2-shaft reciprocating vertical triple-expansion (VTE) steam engines
18 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Speed: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Endurance: 10,000 nautical miles @ 10 knots (11,500 mi @ 11.5 mph or 18,500 km @ 18.5 km/h)
Armament:
12 × 12-inch (304.8 mm) main guns (6 × 2)
22 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
18 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns
8 × 1 pdr (37 mm) guns
Armour:
Belt: 9 to 3 in (229 to 76 mm) (upper belt 9 in)
Upper deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
Main deck: 2 in (51 mm)
Turrets: 12 in (300 mm) face, 8 in (200 mm) sides, 3 to 2 in (76 to 51 mm) roofs
Barbettes: 9 in (230 mm)
Conning tower: 12 in (300 mm),2 in (51 mm) sides and roof