List of historical ships of the Brazilian Navy

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The pre-dreadnought battleship Aquidabã

This list includes all historical Brazilian Navy ships from both the Empire of Brazil and subsequent Republican period, that have been in service in the history of the Brazilian Navy and have been retired. Many of them have taken part in the War of Independence, Cisplatine War, Paraguayan War, Naval Revolt, and all major battles and conflicts as part of the Brazilian Armed Forces. For active ships refer to the list. Many ships are named after famous Brazilian military officers such as Joaquim Marques Lisboa. The United States and United States Navy have been the biggest suppliers to the Brazilian Navy since World War Two in the Republic era. Although during the Imperial Era and the Republic Era, Brazil sourced its ships from domestic shipyards, many ships were also built in Portugal, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.

Imperial Navy

Class	Type	Origin	In Service	Per unit (Name)	Picture	Displacement	Source
Bertioga	Schooner	Unknown	?–1827
Maceió	Corvette	Brazil	?–1827
Maria Teresa	Schooner	Portugal	?–1827
Oriental	Schooner	Brazil	?–1827
Dona Januária	Schooner	Brazil	?–1845
Maria da Glória	Corvette	United States	1822–?
Real Carolina	Frigate	Portugal	1822–?
Príncipe Real	Ship of the line	Portugal	1822–?
Vasco da Gama	Ship of the line	Portugal	1822–1827
Pedro I	Ship of the line	Portugal	1822–1833
Nichteroy	Frigate	Portugal	1822–1838
Tétis	Frigate	Portugal	1823–?
Real	Brig	Portugal	1823–1827
Liberal	Corvette	Portugal	1823–184?
Imperatriz	Frigate	Brazil	1824–1836
Dona Paula	Frigate	United Kingdom	1825–1827
Alcântara	Schooner	United Kingdom	1825–1830
Constituição	Frigate	United States	1826–188?
Alcides	Troopship	Portugal	1827–1841
Campista	Frigate	Brazil	1827–1846
Duquesa de Goiás	Brig	United States	1828–?
Bahiana	Frigate	Brazil	1830–1836
Dona Amélia	Corvette	Brazil	1831–1847			594 ton
Achada	Schooner	Unknown	1836–?
Águia	Steamer	Unknown	1837–1858
Abaeté	Patache	Brazil	1839–?
Calíope	Brig	Brazil	1839–1860			194 ton
Dona Francisca	Corvette	Brazil	1845–?			637 ton
Dom Afonso	Frigate	United Kingdom	1847–1853			900 ton
Recife	Corvette	Brazil	1850–1880
Bahiana	Corvette	Brazil	1850–1893			972 ton
Dom Pedro II	Corvette	Brazil	1851–1861
Amazonas	Frigate	United Kingdom	1852–1897			1,800 ton
Beberibe	Corvette	United Kingdom	1853–1881			637 ton
Ypiranga	Gunboat	Brazil	1854–?			350 ton
Jequitinhonha	Corvette	United Kingdom	1854–1865			647 ton
Ivahy	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1858–?			400 ton
Anhambaí	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1858–1865
Parnahyba	Corvette	France	1858–1868			637 ton
Iguatemi	Corvette	United Kingdom	1858–1873			400 ton
Belmonte	Corvette	France	1858–1876			602 ton
Araguari	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1858–1882			400 ton
Nichteroy	Corvette	Brazil	1863–1891			1,819 ton
Brasil	Ironclad	Brazil	1865–1879			1,518 ton
Tamandaré	Ironclad	Brazil	1865–1879			775 ton
Rio de Janeiro	Ironclad	Brazil	1866–1866			874 ton
Mariz e Barros-class	Ironclad	United Kingdom	1866–1897 1866–1879	1 – Mariz e Barros 2 – Herval		1,197 ton
Cabral-class	Ironclad	United Kingdom	1865–1880 1865–1880	1 – Cabral 2 – Colombo		1,100 ton
Silvado	Ironclad	Brazil	1866–1885			2,350 ton
Bahia	Monitor	United Kingdom	1866–1894			928 ton
Barroso	Ironclad	Brazil	1866–1882			980 ton
Pará-class monitor	Monitor	Brazil	1866–1884 1866–1907 1867–1900 1868–1893 1868–1884 1868–1882	1 – Pará 2 – Rio Grande 3 – Alagoas 4 – Piauí 5 – Ceará 6 – Santa Catharina		490 ton
Lima Barros	Ironclad	Brazil	1866–1905			1,700 ton
Javari-class	Monitor	France	1873–1893 1875–1893	1 – Javary 2 – Solimões		3,700 ton
Trajano	Cruiser	Brazil	1873–1906			1,414 ton
Sete de Setembro	Ironclad	Brazil	1874–1885			2,174 ton
Almirante Barroso	Cruiser	Brazil	1882–1893			2,050 ton
Afonso Celso Class	Gunboat	Brazil	1882–1900	Afonso Celso/Trindade		327 ton	.
Torpedeira Nº 1-class	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1882–1900	1 – Nº1 2 – Nº2 3 – Nº3 4 – Nº4 5 – Nº5			.
Alfa-class	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1883–?	1 – Alfa 2 – Beta 3 – Gama		4 ton
Imperial Marinheiro	Cruiser	Brazil	1884–1887			726 ton
Riachuelo	Battleship	United Kingdom	1884–1910			5,700 ton
Marajó	Gunboat	Brazil	?–1893			430 ton
Aquidabã	Battleship	United Kingdom	1885–1906			5,029 ton
Iniciadora	Gunboat	Brazil	1885–1907			268 ton

Republic Navy

Class	Type	Origin	In Service	Per unit (Name)	Picture	Displacement	Source
Carioca class	Gunboat	Brazil	1890–1912	Cananéia		210 ton
Almirante Tamandaré	Protected Cruiser	Brazil	1890–1915			4,430 ton
Coureur class	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1891–1902	Marcílio Dias Iguatemi Araguari		110 ton
Tiradentes class	Torpedo-Cruiser	United Kingdom	1892–1917	Tiradentes		700 ton
República	Cruiser	United Kingdom	1892–1920			1,231 ton
Sabino Vieira	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1893–1901			16 ton
Pedro Ivo class	Torpedoboat	Germany	1893–1910 1893–1900 1893–1912	Pedro Ivo Nº1 Pedro Affonso Nº2 Silvado Nº3 Tamboril Nº4 Bento Gonçalves Nº5		130 ton
Benjamin Constant	Training ship	France	1894–1926			2,311 ton
Cannon class	Destroyer	United States	1944–1982	Comandante Bauru		1600 ton
Gustavo Sampaio class	Destroyer	United Kingdom	1894–1912	Gustavo Sampaio		438 ton
Pereira da Cunha class	Light Cruiser	Brazil	1893–1894	Pereira da Cunha
Itas-class	Cargo Ship	United Kingdom	1898–1915	Comandante Freitas
Almirante Barroso	Protected Cruiser	United Kingdom	1896–1931			3,400 ton
Deodoro-class	Coastal Defence Battleship	France	1898–1924 1900–1934	1 – Deodoro 2 – Floriano		3,160 ton
Tupi-class	Torpedo boat	Germany	1897–1915 1897–1917 1897–1916	1 – Tupi 2 – Tymbira 3 – Tamoio		1,130 ton
Acre-class	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1906–1921 1906–1917 1906–1917 1906–1933	1 – Acre 2 – Amapá 3 – Jurua 4 – Missões		200 ton
Goyaz class	Torpedo boat	United Kingdom	1907–1933	Goyaz		56 ton
Pará class	Destroyer	Brazil	1908–1933 1908–1944 1908–1931 1908–1946 1909–1944 1909–1944 1909–1939 1909–1944 1910–1944 1910–1944	1 – Pará 2 – Piaui 3 – Amazonas 4 – Mato Grosso 5 – Rio Grande do Norte 6 – Paraiba 7 – Alagoas 8 – Santa Catarina 9 – Parana 10 – Sergipe		640 ton
Bahia class	Scout cruiser	United Kingdom	1909–1945 1909–1948	1 – Bahia 2 – Rio Grande do Sul		3,100 ton
Minas Geraes class	Battleship	United Kingdom	1910–1952 1910–1947	1 – Minas Geraes 2 – São Paulo		20,000 ton
Laurindo Pitta	Tugboat	United Kingdom	1910–1998
Humber class	Monitor	United Kingdom	1914–1920	Solimões		1,260 ton
Belmonte class	Auxiliary ship	Germany	1917	Belmonte
Acasta class	Destroyer	United Kingdom	1922–1946	Maranhão		940 ton
Balilla class	Submarine	Italy	1927–1950	Humayta		1,427 tons
Adua-class	Submarine	Italy	1937–1959 1937–1959 1937–1959	S11 Tupy S12 Tymbira S13 Tamoyo
Vital de Oliveira	Auxiliary ship	Brazil	1931–1944	Vital de Oliveira
Barreto de Menezes class	Light Corvette	Brazil	1942–1959	F1 Fernandes Vieira F2 Felipe Camarão F3 Henrique Dias F4 Matias e Albuquerque F5 Barreto de Menezes F6 Vidal de Negreiros
Orizaba class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1945–1959	U11 Duque de Caxias
Carioca class	Corvette	Brazil	1939–1949	C1 Carioca C2 Cananéia C3 Camocim C4 Cabedelo C5 Caravelas C6 Camaquã		818 ton
Mettawee class	Gasoline Tanker	United States	1944–1970	G18 Rijo G19 Raza
Pernambuco class	River monitor	Brazil	1910–1948 1940–1971	Pernambuco P1 Paraguassú		650 ton
PC-461 class	Submarine chaser	United States	1942–1958 1942–1959 1943–1952 1943–1952 1943–1959 1943–1951 1943–1959 1943–1959	G1 Guaporé G2 Gurupi G3 Guaíba G4 Guarupá G5 Guajará G6 Goiânia G7 Grajaú G8 Graúna
Marcílio Dias class	Destroyer	United States Brazil	1943–1966 1943–1972 1943–1966	M1 Marcilio Dias M2 Mariz e Barros M3 Greenhalgh		2,000 ton
Bertioga class	Destroyer	United States	1944–1964 1944–1973 1945–1981 1945–1968 1945–1964 1945–1964 1945–1965 1945–1973	D16 Babitonga D17 Baependi D18 Bauru D19 Beberibe D20 Benevente D21 Bertioga D22 Bocaina D23 Bracuí		1,600 ton
Gato class	Submarine	United States	1957–1968 1957–1966	S14 Humaitá S15 Riachuelo
Stoyomo class	Tugboat	United States	1947–1985 1947–1985 1947–1986	R1Tritão R2Tridente R3Triunfo
Acre class	Destroyer	Brazil	1949–1974 1949–1964 1949–1973 1949–1964 1949–1974 1949–1974	D10 Acre D11 Ajuricaba D12 Amazonas D13 Apa D14 Araguarí D15 Araguaya		1,886 ton
Collosus class	Aircraft carrier	United Kingdom	1960–2001	Minas Gerais		19,800 ton
Javarí class	Minesweeper	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 D31 Piauí D32 Santa Catarina D33 Maranhão		3,310 ton
Aristaeus class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1962–1997	G24 Belmonte
Mato Grosso class	Destroyer	United States	1972–1990 1973–1996 1973–1994 1973–1995 1973–1996	D34 Mato Grosso D35 Sergipe D36 Alagoas D37 Rio Grande do Norte D38 Espirito Santo		3,400 ton
Guppy II class	Submarine	United States	1972–1983 1972–1993 1972–1993 1978–1981 1973–1983 1973–1990 1973–1992	S10 Guanabara S11 Rio Grande do Sul S12 Bahia S13 Rio de Janeiro S14 Ceará S15 Goiás S16 Amazonas
Brooklyn class	Light cruiser	United States	1951–1973 1951–1976	C11 Barroso C12 Tamandaré		12,900 ton
Marcílio Dias class	Destroyer	United States	1973–1994 1973–1997	D25 Marcílio Dias D26 Mariz e Barros		3,500 ton
Oberon class	Submarine	United Kingdom	1973–1996 1977–2001 1977–1997	S20 Humaitá S22 Riachuelo S21 Tonelero
Navajo class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1973–1996	K10 Gastão Moutinho
De Soto County class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1973–2000	G26 Duque de Caxias
Garcia class	Destroyer	United States	1989–2001 1989–2004 1989–2004 1989–2005	D27 Pará D28 Paraiba D29 Parana D30 Pernambuco		3,600 ton
Imperial Marinheiro class	Corvette	Netherlands	1955–2005	V15 Imperial Marinheiro V16 Iguatemi V17 Ipiranga V18 Forte Coimbra V20 Angostura V21 Bahiana V22 Mearim V23 Purus V24 Solimões
Custódio de Mello class	Auxiliary ship	Japan	1957–2009	G15 Custódio de Mello G16 Barroso Pereira G21 Ary Parreiras G22 Soares Dutra
Type 22 frigate	Frigate	United Kingdom	1996–2004 1996–2015 1995–2021	F47 Dodsworth F48 Bosísio F46 Greenhalgh		4,450 ton
Ceará class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1990–2012 1990–2016	G31 Rio de Janeiro G30 Ceará		11,600 ton
Inhaúma class	Corvette	Brazil	1986–2017 1992–2016 1991–2019	V30 Inhaúma V33 Frontin V31 Jaceguaí		1,900 ton
Marajó class	Tanker	Brazil	1969–2016	G27 Marajó
Clemenceau class	Aircraft carrier	France	2000–2017	A12 São Paulo		32,750 ton
Niterói class	Frigate	United Kingdom Brazil	1974–2019	F40 Niterói		3,800 ton
Round Table class	Landing ship logistics	United Kingdom	2007–2019	Garcia D'Avila		7,700 ton
Felinto Perry	Submarine rescue	Norway	1978–2020			2,500 ton
Tupi class	Attack submarine	Germany Brazil	1987–2023 1999–2023 1994–2023	1 – Timbira 2 – Tapajó 3 – Tamoio		1,440 ton

See also

• List of active Brazilian Navy ships
• List of future ships of the Brazilian Navy

Further reading

• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.