BRAZILIAN NAVY SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE - SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE
12)TORP BOAT PIAHUY CT3
Torpedo Boat Piahuy seen at Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro. Photo. http://www.naval.com.br/
Completed: 1910
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 on 28 Jul 1944.
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Above CT 3 Piahuy seen from portside off Rio de Janeiro. Photo NGB.
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.
