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{{Infobox Ship Image
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|Ship image=[[Image:CT Acre (D-10).jpg|300px]]
|Ship image=[[Image:CT Acre (D-10).jpg|300px]]
|Ship caption=''CT Acre'' - D 10
|Ship caption=''CT Acre'' - D 10
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{{Infobox Ship Class Overview
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=Acre Class
|Name=Acre Class
|Builders=Ihla das Cobas, Rio de Janiero
|Builders=Ihla das Cobas, Rio de Janiero
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The ships were built in Brazil to a modified British design (but with some U.S. equipment) to replace six [[H class destroyer]]s (or ''Jurua'' class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. The ships took a long time to complete, being finished in 1949-1951
The ships were built in Brazil to a modified British design (but with some U.S. equipment) to replace six [[H class destroyer]]s (or ''Jurua'' class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. The ships took a long time to complete, being finished in 1949-1951


The ships received a refit in the early 1960's with new electronics and the no. 2 gun being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four in 1973/4.
The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and the no. 2 gun being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four in 1973/4.


== The ships ==
== The ships ==
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[[Category:Destroyer classes]]
[[Category:Destroyer classes]]
[[Category:Acre class destroyers| ]]
[[Category:Acre class destroyers| ]]



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Revision as of 08:28, 12 May 2011

The Acre class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy. None was completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class.

The ships were built in Brazil to a modified British design (but with some U.S. equipment) to replace six H class destroyers (or Jurua class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. The ships took a long time to complete, being finished in 1949-1951

The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and the no. 2 gun being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four in 1973/4.

The ships

The six ships were:

Ship Launched Commissioned Decommissioned
Acre 30 May 1945 Dec 1951 1974
Ajuricaba 30 May 1945 Dec 1951 1964
Amazonas 20 November 1943 Nov 1949 1973
Apa 30 May 1945 Dec 1951 1964
Araguarí 14 July 1946 June 1951 1974
Araguaya 20 November 1943 Sept 1949 1974

References

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
  • Whitley M.J. Destroyers of World War Two, 1988, Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8



Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3ADiff%2F428720200
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