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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.
Two Minas Geraes-class battleships [B] were built for the Brazilian Navy in the early twentieth century. Named Minas Geraes and São Paulo , these " dreadnought " warships were intended to be Brazil's first step towards becoming an international power, and they consequently initiated a South American naval arms race .
São Paulo was a dreadnought battleship of 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 British company Vickers constructed São Paulo, launching it on 19 April 1909.
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.
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