The ''Acre''-class destroyers were a class of six
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
s built during
World War II
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for the
Brazilian Navy
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. None were completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the ''Amazonas'' class.
Design
Built in Brazil to a modified
British
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design along with some U.S. equipment, they were built to replace six
H-class destroyers (or ''Jurua'' class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. Due to design complications, the ships took a long time to complete, having been finished from 1949 to 1951.
The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and gun no. 2 being replaced by a
40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four from 1973 to 1974.
Ships
The six ships were:
See also
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List of ship classes of the Second World War
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Citations
References
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* Whitley M.J. ''Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia''. London: Cassell Publishing, 2000.
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Destroyer classes