Bolted sectional floating dry dock, ordered by Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, launched by Vickers, Sons&Maxim Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, England with yard number 400 in June 1910, completed in July 1910 and delivered to the navy, towed by the Dutch tugs Rode Zee and Zwarte Zee, arriving on 29 September 1910 at Rio de Janeiro, sunk off the south west point of Ilha das Enxadas being in poor condition on 19 July 1953 and probably scrapped.
Part of Minas Geraes-class, preceded by Deodoro-class succeeded by Rio de Janeiro (which became the British HMS Agincourt) and planned Riachuelo, laid down by Vickers, Sons&Maxim Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, England on 30 April 1907, launched on 19 April 1909, commissioned on 12 July 1910, refitted in the USAbetween June 1918-7 January 1920 stricken on 2 August 1946 and lost in a gale underway to the United Kingdom to be broken up on 6 November 1951.
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