BRAZILIAN NAVY SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE - SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE
19)MINESWEEPER ITAJAI
Launched 1908
Incorporated to Brazilian Navy on 1909
Tonnage 125 ton
Length 26,3 m
Beam 5 m
Draught 2,4m
Propulsion Steam Coal burner
Armament 1 Nordenfeldt 37mm gun
1/17mm Lewis machinegun
Decommissioned 13 SEP 1946
The Tugboat Rio Pardo, formerly Itajaí, was the fifth ship to bear this name in the Brazilian Navy, in honor of this river in Rio Grande do Sul. She was built by the Geestermünde shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany in 1908. She was incorporated in 1909, when she lost her initial name. In 1938 On October 17, by Notice No. 1524, she was renamed Minesweeper Itajaí, being the second ship to bear this name in the Brazilian Navy in honor of this port city in Santa Catarina. On the same occasion, she was incorporated into the Flotilla of Mining Ships, or Flotilla "João das Botas". During World War II, she participated in the Local Defense of the port of Rio de Janeiro.
