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Minas Geraes, spelled Minas Gerais in some sources, [B] was a dreadnought battleship of the Brazilian Navy.Named in honor of the state of Minas Gerais, the ship was laid down in April 1907 as the lead ship of its class, making the country the third to have a dreadnought under construction and igniting a naval arms race between Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.
Minas Geraes conducting its gun trials, at that time the heaviest broadside ever fired off a ship. The start of work on Minas Geraes meant that Brazil had become the third country—behind the United Kingdom and the United States but ahead of major powers such as Germany, France, Russia and Japan—to have a dreadnought under construction. [9 ...
NAeL Minas Gerais (pennant number A 11) was a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Marinha do Brasil (MB, Brazilian Navy) from 1960 until 2001.The ship was laid down for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during World War II as HMS Vengeance, was completed shortly before the war's end, and did not see combat.
Minas Gerais underwent another major refit from 1976 to 1981, during which her radar suite was updated, datalinks were installed, and the ship's life expectancy was increased to the 1990s. [29] From 1986, engine and funding problems saw the Argentine Navy's ARA Veinticinco de Mayo confined to port, making Minas Gerais the only operating carrier ...
After the decommissioning was announced, a private foundation called Instituto São Paulo/Foch (ISP) formed by former crew and enthusiasts attempted to transform the carrier into a museum ship. Previous plans to make a museum ship of her predecessor, Minas Gerais, had been aborted. ISP was responsible for the judicial order to tow the ship back ...
Minas Gerais was the last of the Second World War-era light aircraft carriers to leave service, and at the time of her decommissioning was the oldest active aircraft carrier in the world. [ 8 ] [ 68 ] The carrier was marked for sale in 2002, and was actively sought after by British naval associations for return to England and preservation as a ...
Plans of the Minas Geraes class, showing the armor values (fig. 1) and the theoretically possible radii of the main and secondary batteries (fig. 2 and 3) Brazil's Minas Geraes, the lead ship, was laid down by Armstrong on 17 April 1907, while its sister São Paulo followed on 30 April at Vickers.
A11 Minas Gerais: 19,800 ton: Fleet flagship during the Lobster War. Javarí class: Minesweepers: United States: 1960–1982: M11 Javarí M12 Jutaí M13 Juruá M14 Jurena: Pará class: Destroyer: United States: 1959–1983 1959–1973 1959–1973 1961–1982 1969–1989 1968–1988 1972–1990: D27 Para D28 Paraiba D29 Paraná D30 Pernambuco ...