Laid down on 11 June 1890 at the Arsenal de Marinha, Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro was she one of the first modern warships built in Brazil. Lacking experience with such ships resulted despite the support of British experience in a 20-years during building period and she was not earlier launched as in 1909. A year later she was completed and finally stricken on 27 August 1940. With a displacement of 470 (standard)-650 (full load) tons were her dimensions 44,5 x 7,31 x 1,60 meters or 146‘x 24‘
X 5‘3“. The vertical triple expansion engines and two coal-fired boilers supplied via two shafts 800 hp allowing a maximum speed of 11 knots. Her coal bunker capacity was 45 tons. Her crew numbered sixty men. The armament according to the website http://www.navypedia.org/ships/brazil/br_of_pernambuco.htm consisted of 1x2-12cm guns, 2x1-5,7cm guns and 2x1-3,7cm maxim guns; according to Conway’s All the world’s fighting ships 1906-1921 3x4.7“/12cm guns and 10 machineguns, Jane‘s fighting ships 1944/1945 confirmed Conway‘s, Roger Kafka/Roy L. Pepperburg, Victory edition Warships of the World, 1946 said 2x4.7“guns, 2x4,7cm guns, 4x3,7cm guns and 4 machine guns. And the website http://www.naviosbrasileiros.com.br/ngb/P/P066/P066.htm 2x4.7”/12cm guns in a turret placed on the prow, 2-5,7cm Nordenfeldt guns and 2-3,7cm machine guns. The armour consisted of a 10,2-16,8cm thick belt, a 10,2cm thick deck while the gun turret and conning tower were protected by respectively 15,2 and 8,9cm thick armour. Fitted out with a wide-low-board hull.
