An item reported that at the shipyard Bodewes Scheepswerven N.V. at Martenshoek the keel was laid down of a Brazilian coast guard vessel with 2x1.000 hp engines.(1) The vrije volk dated 22 April 1955 reported the departure of the steel-built Brazilian coast guard vessel fitted out with 2x1.100 hp Sulzer engines.
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1. Of the Angostura-class of ten corvettes consisting of the Bahiana, Caboclo, Forte de Coimbra, Mearim, Iguatemy, Purus, Imperial Marinheiro, Solimoes, Ypiranga and the Angostura. With a displacement of 911 (standard) tons and as dimensions 184 x 30,5 x 11 2/3 feet. Her two Sulzer diesel engines supplied 2.160 bhp allowing a speed of 16 knots. With a oil fuel bunker capacity of 135 tons. The armament consisted of 1-4” gun and 4-4cm anti aircraft guns.
