South American dreadnought race
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.
Minas Geraes was completed and handed over to Brazil on 5 January 1910.
Minas Geraes was completed and to Brazil on January 1910.
Minas Geraes was completed in Brazil on January 1910.
Minas Geraes was completed in Brazil on January 1910.
Minas Geraes was completed in Brazil on January 1910.
<page_title> South American dreadnought race </page_title> <section_title> Ships involved </section_title> <table> <cell> Minas Geraes <col_header> Ship </col_header> </cell> <cell> Brazil <col_header> Country </col_header> <row_header> Minas Geraes </row_header> </cell> <cell> January 1910 <col_header> Completed </col_header> <row_header> Minas Geraes </row_header> </cell> </table>