The evening world., 1890-01-27
FLY The FLAG OF BRAZIL,
Naval Resources OF The New SOuth
american Republic.
A Formidable Array OF Armored
II Wooden Men-of-w War.

The London Times states that the Bra
Zilinu navy now consists Of -four sen.going
iromrlmls, right coast. defense ironclnds.
Of which two ARE not yet completed,
eighteen torpedo boats and vessels ana
nj ont thirty Other craft.
The largcs, and m,st modern OF the
s~ca-golng ironcluds are the Riachuelo
and the AqUidaban. both OF which we're
built at Poplar.
The Riachuelo was launched in 1889,
and is a steel aud wood double twin-screw
turrct ship " 800 tons displacement,
with n partial belt varying from seven
inches to eleven inches thick, ten-inch
nrmor on the turrots, ind u speed Of 49,
knots.
Her turrcts are placed ~dlngonnlly, one
on the port how and the ether cn the stnr.
board quarter. and each ne contains two
"a inch ELTON bitcch luntcrs. there
are s,N ga inch i.ve-tun brcerh-londers
and Scy entccn quick firing and machine
guus. besides II second-class iorledu
boat. carried on deck. and hive torpedo.
dischnrging tubes. The complem ent Nv
25D OH, ers nud men, AMI the sh u Ia prob
ably the most powerful one III South
American waters.
The Aqu,dnban, n steel aud God double
twin-sctew turtet snip of 8, 0OO tons dis.
placement. Is also n fine ship, and of very
similar cnnrnctOr. Her extreme speed Is
fifteen knots and her component is $50.
The remaining sea going irouc ads, the
Javary and Solimucs. were built in France
III 1875 ana are sister iron twin.screw
double turret ships Of 5. GAO tons displace-
mcnt. The former carries four 81 Inch
elton and the latter our l0-inch Aston
guns, besides subsidiary armament. The
speed oil each Is about eleven knots.
The SIX completed oast-defense ar
mor-clads are the Scte de Setembro. tho
Mnriz.e-B arros, the BAHIA and the river
Grunle.
The Sete de Sotembro. n central battery
wooden ship that can do Twelve Knots nta
pinch, is n Brazil built ~yesscl. launched in
1874 and mounting four D-inch lS-ton Whit
worth muzzle- leaders and five machine
guns. She has u crew Vt 1855 officers aud
men.
The Mariz-e- Parros. though of iron. 10
mn older central battery ship, having been
built in London III 1866. she carries four
1-nch Whitworth muzzle-loade and
has a complement ct 1915. Both size
and the Sete dc Sep'embro have u maxi
mum OF only four aud one-half inches of
armOr.
The Bahia. II single .turret ship with
twin screw. was built ut Birkenhead, uf
iron, i'll 1865. She carries two finch
muzZle- leaders and two machine guns.
and 10 also only lightly nrmored.
The Alng0aS. Piauhy md Rio Grando
nre each of no more than $40 tons dis
placement aud are each armed with one
7-incu muZzl loader mounted in q
forward. The extreme thickness
OF Hrmor il four and one half inches.
Besides these armored vessels and the
two others which are being completed.
there are the old iron armored coast.d de-
Tense ships Brazil. central battery. and
Lima Barros. double turret.
The most formidable unarmored vessel
on the Brazilian Navy List. the Almirante
TRmanderi, is not yet completed. Alter
her rank In order the AtInirante Barro.o.
the Gunnabara. the rrajano and the
Primeiro de Marco, all OF which are Of
Brazilian build.
Besides these vessels there are q couple
of trainin. corvettes. the AmnZonas and
the Eictheruy, q number of screw and
paddle gunbOats. two transports, the
Madeira aud Purus. and several smaller
craft, inclusive Of two ll-knot ~gun6oats. |
which nre not yet ready for sea,
Finally. Brazil has building q fast pro-
tected cruiser of 4. 500 tons displacement.
hut this is not sufficiently advanced 20 be
n probable factor i'll the settlement of
any difficulties which are likely to arise
out OF tine present situation In South
America,