COLOMBO (Brazil)
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:21 pm
Built in 1865-'66 by A.C. Rennie, Greenwich for the Brazilian Navy.
Ironclad Warship, displacement:858 tons, L:50.29m. B:10.66m. Depth:4.57m. Draft:2.43m. steam engine:240 hp. 2 shafts, 10.5 kn. Armament:8-70 mm. Whithworth cannons.
Participation in the Paraguayan war and bombarded fort Huamaitá in 1867.
1880 out of service.
(Gambia 2001, 10 D. StG.?)
Internet.
Ironclad Warship, displacement:858 tons, L:50.29m. B:10.66m. Depth:4.57m. Draft:2.43m. steam engine:240 hp. 2 shafts, 10.5 kn. Armament:8-70 mm. Whithworth cannons.
Participation in the Paraguayan war and bombarded fort Huamaitá in 1867.
1880 out of service.
(Gambia 2001, 10 D. StG.?)
Internet.