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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. The ship was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 12 July 1910.
[21] [58] São Paulo left Greenock on 16 September 1910, [65] and stopped in Cherbourg, France, to embark the Brazilian President Hermes da Fonseca. [66] [67] Departing on the 27th, [68] São Paulo voyaged to Lisbon, Portugal, where Fonseca was a guest of Portugal's King Manuel II. Soon after they arrived, the 5 October 1910 revolution began. [69]
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.
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. Completion of the partial hull needed to launch Minas Geraes was delayed by a five-month strike to 10 September 1908. São Paulo followed on 19 April 1909. [85]
Brazilian battleship São Paulo. Brazil's navy fell into disrepair and obsolescence in the aftermath of the 1889 revolution, which deposed Emperor Pedro II, after naval officers led a revolt in 1893–94. [32] Meanwhile, the Argentine and Chilean navies were flush with modern warships after the conclusion of a naval arms race between the two. [33]
The aircraft carrier São Paulo was built in France between 1957 and 1960, and served in the French Navy as Foch.In September 2000, she was purchased by Brazil for US$12 million [6] – no aircraft were included in the price – to replace the aged World War II-era carrier Minas Gerais, which had been in commission for over 40 years.
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