Exact replica of Portuguese 15th Century Discovery ship in Brazillian Navy
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Brazil Marina War-Museum 15th to 20th Century VR War 360 Paces
Av. Alfred Agache, S/N - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20021-000, Brazil
Brazil Marina War Museum dating as far back as the 15th Century with a complete remodel of an operating Portuguese Colonisation ship
Gps Coordinates / -22.9002865,-43.1752662
Vicente Yanez Pinzon discovered the coast of Brazil despite explorers being more relatively peaceful than the european war machine all explorations were military purposed by The Crown of european nations and colonisation by the military was soon to follow as “nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition” the irony of The phrase / joke was the monarchy always gave you advanced knowledge you were to be occupied and invaded by the military whenever possible. These ships were hi-tech military equipment at the time with nobility to lay claim before the monarch sent the military soon to follow many would die by diseases from European flu spores than actual battle. However rifle battles were primarily between traitorous ex-military pirates. These were the types of ships ex-military pirates would steal so reenactments of these ships are really neat and enjoyable for history buffs as aye.
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Gps Coordinates / -22.9001526,-43.1749335 / -22.9005414,-43.1745686 / -22.9005967,-43.1746017
A cultural centre created by the Brazilian Navy in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the central area, next to the Museum of Tomorrow, called Espaço Cultural da Marinha, where you can get to see a submarine, an inactive destroyer, and internationally recognized museum, in addition to of a Portuguese replica of a Brazil 14th Century Discovery Ship and other military equipment, such as a tank and helicopter, shown in this post. It is a must-see for anyone who appreciates war equipment.
https://historycollection.com/day-history-pinzon-discovers-brazil-1530/
Gps Coordinates / -22.9005367,-43.1737413
In addition to all this, you can take a trip on a World War I boat to Ilha Fiscal or to Guanabara Bay, before consulting the conditions on the official website of the Navy . There is a snack bar and souvenir shop on site with a variety of military souvenirs.
https://www.marinha.mil.br/dphdm/espaco-cultural-da-marinha
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -22.9001198 / Gps Link -22.9001919 / Gps Link -22.9004806
Gps Coordinates / -22.9001198,-43.175387 / -22.9001919,-43.175325 / -22.9004806,-43.1750732
The so-called Nau Capitânia is a replica of a 15th century Portuguese caravel, built at the Aratu Naval Base in Brazil, by Ralph Nicholson for the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery on April 22, 2000 in Porto Seguro, Bahia. The project to build a replica of Pedro Álvares Cabral's vessel to make a trip between Salvador and Santa Cruz de Cabrália was conceived by a group of Brazilian businessmen, who obtained, at the time, a grant of four million reais from the Federal Government. . Technical errors in its construction caused the vessel to present a series of problems, not being able to navigate in time to participate in the celebrations (only managed to do so four months later).
Gps Coordinates / -22.9006598,-43.1737224
The museum ship Bauru, an escort destroyer, was built during World War II in New Jersey, United States of America and launched on September 15, 1943, and incorporated into the US Navy on October 11 of the same year with the name of “USS McAnn (DE-179)”. She was transferred to the Brazilian Navy after being decommissioned in the US in 1944. Her name is a tribute to the city of Bauru in São Paulo.
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Gps Coordinates / -22.9005185,-43.1745077 / -22.9005886,-43.174457 / -22.9006232,-43.1744352
In its nearly 40 years of activity, Bauru has sailed 295,405 miles, making up 1,423 days at sea. After undergoing adaptation reforms, it was opened for public visitation in 1982. As a themed museum ship, it has 14 environments that portray life on board during that period of the Second World War.
TUG SHIP MUSEUM LAURINDO PITTA
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It is the only remnant of the Brazilian naval force that participated in the First World War, under the command of Rear Admiral Pedro Max Fernando Frontin. It provided support to patrol operations between Dakar, Senegal, and the Cape Verde archipelago in 1918. The vessel was built by the shipyard Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd, in Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain, in 1910, by order of the Brazilian government.
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Brazilian submarine Riachuelo (S22)
After the conflict, it provided tugboat services to the Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro and the Naval Base in Rio de Janeiro until the 1990s. In 1997, it was restored and remodelled, having received seats for 90 passengers, and having adapted a compartment where it presents the permanent exhibition “The Participation of the Navy in the First World War”. Since then, it has been providing services in the transport of passengers between the Cultural Space of the Navy and Ilha Fiscal, and in carrying out the Maritime Promenade through Guanabara Bay, passing off Ilha das Cobras, Ilha Fiscal, Ilha das Enxadas, Island of Villegagnon and the city of Niterói. The tour lasts one hour and twenty minutes.
Gps Coordinates / -22.900626,-43.1750792
Riachuelo was ordered in 1972, separately from her two sister boats. The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 26 May 1973, and launched on 6 September 1975.
She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy in early 1977. Riachuelo S22 was decommissioned in 1997. She is now displayed at the Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro.
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Future versions like the Brazilian submarine Riachuelo (S40) would become nuclear powered in 2008 supplied by The French Navy builders
The Brazilian boats are larger in length, tonnage and cargo capacity compared to the original French Scorpène-class which they are derived from. The Brazilian version is 75 m (246 ft) and 2,000 tons, compared to the original Scorpènes that are 61.7 m (202 ft) and 1,565 tons.
