BRAZILIAN NAVY SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE - SOUTHERN NAVAL FORCE
6)CV JACEGUAI 82
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Above Corvette Jaceguai seen sailing at full steam at Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro with the Sugar Loaf at the bottom. Photo http://www.naval.com.br/
Launched 1917
Incorporated to Royal Navy 1918
Sold to Brazil 17 Feb 1937
Decommissioned 12 Nov 1952.
Displacement: 985 ton. max.
Length: 70,45 meters.
Beam: 8,71 meters.
Draught: 2,90 meters.
Propulsion: Two Yarrow triple expansion steam boilers with 3 cilinders 230 pounds per inch with 2,200 HP.
Speed: 15 Knots.
Range. Max 1300 NM.
1600 NM at 11 kts
Armament Two 101,6mm Armstrong Model II Guns
3 20mm Oerlikon Machine guns
Two depth charge rails with capacity for 7 bombs each
Two central "Y" throwers Mod. VI depth bombs.
Complement. 94 in peacetime increased during war.
Originally Jaceguai was a Minesweeper, built in 1919 under the British War Emergency programme by The Clyde Shipbuilding LTD, Glasgow Scotland. She was named Fair Field, being one of 88 ships of the same Hunt-class series that were co-built, of which 41 were scrapped or sold, with six of them being converted into Minelayers.
Jaceguai was Ex British built Racecourse. Initially used by Brazilian Navy as a Survey ship. She was acquired and incorprated on 17/02/1937. With Brazil entry in the war, Jaceguai was reclassified as a Corvette being incorporated to the Southern Naval Force at Rio de Janeiro. She had an active role in the Second World War during the period of September 1943 to December 1944 in war operation, carrying out 14 escort commissions including Brazilian and foreign merchant ships.
