Brazilian ship Almirante Barroso
Introduction The 1882 cruiser''Almirante Barroso''There have been at least three vessels that have served with the Brazilian Navy named '''''Almirante Barroso''''', after Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas:*, a cruiser, launched in 1882, sank in 1893 on circumnavigation voyage*, a protected cruiser, launched in 1896, completed in 1897, struck in 1931; similar in many respects to ; two sister ships were sold to the United States, becoming the *, former USS ''Philadelphia'' (CL-41), a ''Brooklyn''-class cruiser sold to Brazil in 1951
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References * Gardiner, Robert, Roger Chesneau, and Eugene Kolesnik, eds. ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905''. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979.. . * Gardiner, Robert and Randal Gray, eds. ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921''. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1985.. OCLC .