An item reported that the shipyard of the N.V. Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek ‘De Biesbosch” at Dordrecht the twin screw motor ship Purus was launched.(1) She was built as a coast guard vessel for the Brazilian navy. In the Netherlands were ten vessels of this kind to be built for Brazil.
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1. The newspaper Amigoe di Curacao dated 22 July 1955 reported that she arrived a day earlier at Amsterdam and was berthed alongside the Ruyterkade. Six other corvettes were lying at Rotterdam. All ships were to depart on short notice towards Brazil where the were to be used for coastal patrol duties. 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.
