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Karle94
Post subject: Minas Gerais: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 1:44 am
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Just like with the Latorre, this one was also requested by "popular" demand. The Minas Gerais was the first dreadnought built for a South American nation. Brazil ordered three dreadnought from British shipyards. The first two, being the Minas Gerais and the Sao Paulo. The third, the Rio de Janeiro was bought by the Ottoman Empire, and later seized by Britain and commisioned as the HMS Agincourt. The building of the Minas Gerais resulted in a naval arms race in South America, involving Brazil, Argentina and Chile. All nations ordered dreadnoughts, and would soon regret buying them, as the costs of operating them was immense.

I did what I could, with very limited sources available.

Minas Gerais as commisioned in 1910:
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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 8:57 am
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VERY nice work!

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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 7:26 pm
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Karle94 wrote: *
with very limited sources available.
1908-1911 refs
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Early 1910s very close details
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1920s refs
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Rare refs for 1939-1948 refs
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I think draw accuratly both ships during 1942-1945 period would be a serious challenge :geek:


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Karle94
Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 8:05 pm
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I updated the drawing.


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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 8:07 pm
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still not happy with the lightly wrong position of 120mm gun-casemates ;)


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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 8:10 pm
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I moved them based on the drawing you provided with above.


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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 8:23 pm
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Karle94 wrote: *
I moved them based on the drawing you provided with above.
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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 8:38 pm
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Better?


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Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 9:07 pm
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Karle94
Post subject: Re: Minas Geraes: South Americas First DreadnoughtPosted: March 14th, 2019, 9:10 pm
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Wish I had those line drawings when I first made the drawing. I only had the top down view and the internal one. I did at least find a site with this extremely detailed model of the Minas Geraes. That one helped a lot.


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