Two Minas Geraes-class battleships were built for the Brazilian Navy in the early twentieth century. Named Minas Geraes and São Paulo, these "dreadnought" warships were intended to be Brazil's first s
Minas Geraes at speed during its sea trials
The launch of Minas Geraes on 10 September 1908. As the ship has not gone through its fitting-out period, it weighed only around 9,000 long tons (9,100 metric tons) at this time.
Minas Geraes conducting its gun trials, at that time the heaviest broadside ever fired off a ship
Sailors pose for a photographer on board Minas Geraes, probably during the ship's visit to the United States in early 1913.
HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought battleship built in the United Kingdom in the early 1910s. Originally part of Brazil's role in a South American naval arms race, she holds the distinction of mounting m
Minas Geraes-class battleship
…a multi-million-dollar loan against the value of their coffee crop in 1908 were unsuccessful. With three dreadnoughts planned (including the upcoming Rio de Janeiro), a Spanish naval journal stated "it was only natural that rumors [would begin] to circulate supporting the argument that Brazil acted as an intermediary…
Starboard elevation and plan view of Agincourt
Fantasy drawing of Sultan Osman I underway for the Ottoman Navy. The royal yacht Ertuğrul is at left, and the cruiser Hamidiye is in the background.
Sultan Osman-ı Evvel, soon to become Agincourt, in the fitting-out stage of her construction