BRAZILIAN NAVY SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE - SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE
10)TORP BOAT MATO GROSSO CT10
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Torpedo Boat Mato Grosso on her way for a patrol mission.
Completed: 5 May 1909 by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. Scotland
Incorporated 24 Jul 1909
Displacement: 560 tons. 650 (full loaded)
Length: 70,24 meters
Beam: 7,16 meters
Draught: 2,31 meters
Propulsion: 2 steam boilers Yarrow; 2 triple expansion engines with 8.800 hp, 2 shafts 2 screws.
Armament: 2 4 in. (101,6 mm) Armstrong guns. two single mounts; 4 47 mm guns; 2 single torpedo tubes 18 in. 1 MK 22 Depth Charge Thrower and a Sonar system.
Fuel: 111 tons in five coal bunkers.
Speed: 27 knots
Max. Range: 1.600 miles at 15 knots.
Complement: 112
Decommissioned 07 December 1946
In 1936 CT Mato Grosso undergone one large repair and structural remodelling at Brazilian Navy Arsenal Rio de Janeiro.
Initially, the ships of the Southern Naval Force were employed in escort tasks to coal ships heading to the port of Criciuma, in the state of Santa Catarina. These coal shipments were vital to supply the most populous states of Brazil which were São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and this lasted until 1944 when they were replaced by 6 newly launched corvettes, being relocated to the tasks of protecting the port of Rio de Janeiro until the end of the conflict..
