Navy | The Brazilian Navy |
Type | Minelayer |
Class | Carioca |
Pennant | C 1 |
Built by | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro (Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 6 Nov 1937 |
Launched | 22 Oct 1938 |
Commissioned | 16 Sep 1939 |
End service | 1960 |
History |
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Notable events involving Carioca include:
1 Mar 1943
Carioca picks up 54 survivors from the American merchant ship Fitz-John Porter that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-518 south-west of Recife, Brazil in position 12°24'S, 36°56'W.