Brazilian destroyer Paraná (1910)

Paraná was a Pará-class destroyer (1908) destroyer of the Brazilian Navy, serving from 1910 to 1933. She was named after Brazilian state of Paraná.

Description and construction


The ship had an overall length of 240 ft, a beam of 23.5 ft and a draught of 7+5/6 ft. She was powered by 2 triple expansion reciprocating steam engines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 8877 ihp and gave a maximum design speed of 27 kn. During the trials the contract speed was exceeded, and the vessel was clocked at 28.74 kn. Steam for the turbines was provided by two double-ended Yarrow boilers. Paraná carried a maximum of 140 LT of coal that gave her a range of approximately 3700 nmi at 14 kn.

The ship mounted two 4 in guns in single mounts. In addition, four 47 mm (3pdr) cannons in single mounts were deployed at the time of launching.