With a letter of the US Legation at Lisbon dated 18 December 1911 received the Secretary of State a translation of a proposal of the Portuguese Minister of Navy dealing with increasing the fleet as published in the Diaro de Noticias. The plan could only be realized with a foreign loan so interested bankers needed active support of their governments. It included the building of 12 destroyers of 830 tons each, maximum horsepowe 16,000 hp, minimum speed 32 knots, armament of 4-7.6cm cal 50 guns and 2 torpedo tubes, cost of each vessel 616,000.000 dollars each, totally 7,400,000.00 dollars. The destroyers were to be of the Cossack type.(1)
Note
1. Probably the British HMS Cossack part of the Tribal-class preceded by River-class succeeded by Beagle- or G-class, laid down by Cammell Liord, Birkenhead, England on 13 November 1905, launched on 16 February 1907, commissioned in April 1908 and sold to be broken up in December 1919.
Source
Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration Series: Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Portugal. Military Affairs and the Army: 853.20 - 853.206/7 THRU Naval Affairs, Navy, Naval Vessels: Equipment and Supplies: 853.34 - 853.348. Microcopy 705 roll 13
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