South American dreadnought race
Ships involved

South American dreadnought race

Section Title: Ships involved
Table Section Text: None

Ship	Country	Displacement	Main armament	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate

Minas Geraes	Brazil	18,976 long tons (lt) 19,281 tonnes (t)	Twelve 12-inch/45 cal	Armstrong Whitworth	17 April 1907	10 September 1908	January 1910	Scrapped beginning 1954

São Paulo	Brazil	18,803 lt/19,105 t	Vickers	30 April 1907	19 April 1909	July 1910	Sank en route to scrapyard, November 1951

Rio de Janeiro	BrazilOttoman Empire United Kingdom	27,410 lt/27,850 t	Fourteen 12-inch/45	Armstrong	14 September 1911	22 January 1913	August 1914	Acquired by Ottoman Empire, 1913; taken over by the United Kingdom, 1914 as HMS Agincourt; scrapped beginning 1924

Riachuelo	Brazil	30,000 lt/30,500 t	Eight 15-inch/45	–	–	–	Canceled after the outbreak of the First World War

Rivadavia	Argentina	27,500 lt/27,900 t	Twelve 12-inch/50	Fore River	25 May 1910	26 August 1911	December 1914	Scrapped beginning 1959

Moreno	Argentina	9 July 1910	23 September 1911	February 1915	Scrapped beginning 1957

Almirante Latorre	ChileUnited Kingdom	28,100 lt/28,600 t	Ten 14-inch/45	Armstrong	27 November 1911	27 November 1913	October 1915	Acquired by the United Kingdom, 1914 as HMS Canada; reacquired by Chile, 1920; scrapped beginning 1959

Almirante Cochrane	ChileUnited Kingdom	–	–	20 February 1913	8 June 1918	February 1924	Acquired by the United Kingdom, 1914; converted to aircraft carrier HMS Eagle; sunk 11 August 1942

Key: Brazil Brazil Argentina Argentina Chile Chile Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire United Kingdom United Kingdom

Statistics compiled from: Preston, "Great Britain," 38; Scheina, Naval History, 321–22; ———, "Argentina," 401; ———, "Brazil," 404; Topliss, "Brazilian Dreadnoughts," 249–51, 281–83, 286.

Sentence(s)

Minas Geraes was completed in Brazil on January 1910.

final_sentence: Minas Geraes was completed in Brazil on January 1910.