Brazil ordered building of new battleship in England according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1914-1915 no.5

An item reported that the Brazilian cabinet ordered the British firm Armstrong to built a new large battleship to replace the battleship Rio de Janeiro with a displacement of 30.000 ton and a length of 189 metres. The waterline and the gun turrets were to be protected by 34,3cm armour. The armament was to consisted of 8-38cm guns, 14-15,2cm guns and 10-10,2cm guns.(1)

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The Riachuelo ordered on 12 May 1914, officially suspended on 14 January 1915 and finally cancelled on 13 May 1915. Design 781