Brazilian battleship São Paulo

São Paulo was a dreadnought battleship for the Brazilian Navy. It was the second of two ships in the Minas Geraes class, and was named after the state and city of São Paulo. The ship was involved in the Revolt of the Lash, in which crews on four Brazilian warships mutinied over poor pay and harsh punishments for even minor offenses. In the 1930s, the ship was passed over for modernization due to its poor condition. It remained as a training vessel until 1951, when it was taken under tow to be scrapped in the United Kingdom. The tow lines broke during a strong gale on 6 November, when the ships were 150 nmi north of the Azores.

About Brazilian battleship São Paulo in brief

São Paulo was a dreadnought battleship for the Brazilian Navy. It was the second of two ships in the Minas Geraes class, and was named after the state and city of São Paulo. The ship was involved in the Revolt of the Lash, in which crews on four Brazilian warships mutinied over poor pay and harsh punishments for even minor offenses. In the 1930s, the ship was passed over for modernization due to its poor condition. It remained as a training vessel until 1951, when it was taken under tow to be scrapped in the United Kingdom. The tow lines broke during a strong gale on 6 November, when the ships were 150 nmi north of the Azores, and São Paulo was lost. In South America, the ships came as a shock and kindled a naval arms race among Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Brazil’s order meant they could destroy many of the other major maritime powers such as Germany, France or Russia, and other dreadnoughts under construction. The U.S. actively attempted to court Brazil as an ally in the spirit of S.A. navalism, using the terms ‘Pan Americanism’ and ‘Pan-Americanism’ to describe Brazil’s naval power. After completion, Brazil did not believe that they did not have a naval power which would take possession of such powerful warships, as they had previously believed that such power would be a proxy for the United States, Britain and Germany. The two ships made Brazil the third country to have such a powerful naval power under construction, behind the U.K.

and United States. The three battleships on which construction had just begun were scrapped beginning on 7 January 1907, and the design of the new dreadnougts was approved by the Brazilians on 20 February 1907. The money authorized for naval expansion was redirected by the new Minister of the Navy, Rear Admiral Alexandrino Fario de Alencar, to building two dreadnughts, with plans for a third Dreadnought after the first was completed, two scout cruisers, ten destroyers, and three submarines. The ships were laid down by Armstrong Whitworth on 17 April 1907, while SãoPaulo followed thirteen days later at Vickers. In July 1907, the Brazilian navy signed a contract with Armstrong Whit worth for three battleship on 23 July 1906. The contract was later canceled so that both Brazil and Argentina could be free to build their own dreadnoghts. The Brazilian ships, and all other existing capital ships, were rendered obsolete with the arrival of the Dreadnought design in December 1906 with the completion of the namesake ship. The dreadnower design rendered the Brazilian ships and all others in the Brazilian fleet obsolete. In June 1909, Brazil ordered the construction of three new battleships, including São Paulo, Minas Geraes, and São Perez, which were completed in July 1910.

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