Brazilian cruiser Tamoio
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 Tamoio before 1900 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Brazil | |
| Name | Tamoio |
| Namesake | Tamoio people |
| Owner | Brazilian Navy |
| Builder | AG Vulcan Stettin |
| Launched | 1895 |
| Commissioned | November 1896 |
| Decommissioned | 1916 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tupi-class torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement | 1,080 tonnes (1,060 long tons; 1,190 short tons) |
| Length | 86.04 m (282 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 8.40 m (28 ft) |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement | 155 |
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Tamoio was a torpedo cruiser operated by the Brazilian Navy, belonging to the Tupi class along with Tupi and Tymbira. The vessel was one of three from the so-called "White Division", on a mission to transport Brazilian president Campos Sales to Argentina in 1900. The ship was decommissioned in 1916.
Tamoio was built by the Stettin shipyard, in Kiel, Germany, and was launched in 1895. Its name is a tribute to the Tamoio, a Brazilian indigenous tribe that dominated the regions of Cabo Frio and Ubatuba in the 16th century, and who left the Portuguese who lived there in constant alarm. The ship was the last of its class to be delivered. Its commissioning took place in November 1896. It displaced 1,080 tons, measured 86.04 m in length, 8.40 m in beam, 5.58 m in depth and 3.80 m in draft. Its propulsion system consisted of two triple expansion steam reciprocating engines that generated 7,500 HP of power and propelled the vessel at up to 22 knots of speed. It had two 101 mm Armstrong guns, six 57 mm Nordenfelt guns, two 37 mm Maxim guns, two 25 mm Maxim machine guns and two 452mm torpedo tubes. Its crew consisted of 155 officers and enlisted men.[1][2][3]