Carioca Class Corvette

Class of six ships built miners in Brazil just before the War. During the conflict had been transformed into patrol corvettes, with the replacement of mines and installation of sonar. Hundreds of vessels escorted in convoys along the coast. The Camaquã got lost in the storm, when returning from escorting a convoy with the loss of 33 of its 117 crew.

Specifications
Type: Mining

Manufacturer: Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro

Displacement: 550 tons

Length: 57 m

Width (beam): 7.80 m Silent: 2.50 m

Machinery: 2, with power of 1,300 HP.

Speed: 15 knots

Weapons such as mining: 1 102 mm cannon, two A.Ae. 20 mm. 2 rails for 44 mines

Armament as corvette: Mines replaced by pumps depth of 300 lb and added two mortars K