An item reported that the submarine salvage vessel built for the Brazilian navy at Fiat-San-Giorgio at La Spezia, Italy was finished. Dimensions 99,36 x 15,54 x 3,96 metres and a displacement of 3.735 tons. Armament consisted of 4-10cm guns and 4-5,7cm guns. Main engines were 2-6 cylinder 2-tact Fiat diesel delivering a total horsepower of 4.100 hp. Service speed 13,5 miles. Range of 4.000 nautical miles with a speed of 10 miles. Accommodation for six crews of submarines with a displacement of 250 (surfaced)-370 (submerged ) tons. The cargo capacity was large enough to supply the six submarines four times with fuel and stores. She was also fitted out as a floating dock. In the middle of the ship was a large cylinder shaped tank with a length of 55 metres built in which a submarine could be stored and after the tank was closed could also the pressure be tested. There was a large workshop available for repairs, further mere hospital rooms, freezing storage and loading devices for the accumulators. There were two large cranes make it able to salvage a sunken submarine of 400 tons from a depth of 40 metres within 30 minutes. The in the article unnamed ship must have been the Ceará.
