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For anti-submarine warfare, the destroyers were given two depth charge racks, four depth charge throwers and equipped with sonar. [3] In 1966 a Sea Cat missile system was fitted to Mariz e Barros, with the destroyer used as a test platform. The system was later removed and installed on the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Mato Grosso. [4]
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HMS Harvester was an H-class destroyer originally ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name Jurua in the late 1930s, but bought by the Royal Navy after the beginning of World War II in September 1939.
Built in Brazil to a modified British design along with some U.S. equipment, they were built to replace six H-class destroyers (or Jurua class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. Due to design complications, the ships took a long time to complete, having been finished from 1949 to 1951.
Brazil: 1823–1845: Participated in the cisplatin War. In 1827 was captured by Argentine Navy and renamed as Ocho Febrero In 1828 during the naval battle of Arregui was recaptured by the Empire of Brazil. Imperatriz: Frigate: Brazil: 1824–1836: Participated in the cisplatin war. During the conflict he excelled in repelling the attacks of the ...
Pages in category "World War II destroyers of Brazil" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;
Marcílio Dias was commissioned as USS Henry W. Tucker on 12 March 1945 and Espírito Santo was commissioned as USS Brinkley Bass on 1 October 1945. [2] [3]The propulsion system and auxiliary equipment consisted of three GE turbines, high pressure cruise and low pressure with reverse gear; 60,000 HP of total power, Falk double reduction gears, which drove two laminated steel propellers, four ...