BRAZILIAN NAVY SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE - SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE
11)TORP BOAT PARAHYBA CT5
Photo: ParaibaContratorpedeiro1909-1943.pdf (marinha.mil.br)
Keel laid 1908
Launched 11 July 1908
Commissioned: 31 December 1908
Displacement: 560 tons. 640 (full loaded)
Length: 73,15 meters
Beam: 7,08 meters
Draught: 2,02 meters
Propulsion: 2 steam boilers Yarrow; 2 triple expansion engines with 8.800 hp, 2 shafts 2 screws.
Armament: 2 4 in. guns (102 mm) in two single mounts, 4 47 mm guns and 2 single torpedo tubes 18 in.
Fuel: 140 tons of coal.
Speed: 28 knots Max.
Range: 1.600 miles at 15 knots.
Complement: 104
Decommissioned 23 Jan 1943.
Once recognized the state of belligerence between Brazil and the Axis countries, the Torpedo boat Parahyba remained as part of defense of access to the harbor of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) until January 23, 1943, when the she was decommissioned following a hull inspection that considered the ship not seaworthy..
