''Almirante Tamandaré'' was a
protected cruiser
Protected cruisers, a type of naval cruiser of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers re ...
of the
Brazilian Navy
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. The Brazilian cruiser with its armament of 6 in guns resembled the British (completed 1885-1887) which were among the first protected cruisers. ''Almirante Tamandaré'' was therefore also similar to the
United States Navy
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protected cruisers , , and or the German from the late 1880s-early 1890s which shared the basic concept of the ''Leander'' type. Unlike most major warships in South American navies, ''Almirante Tamandaré'' was not ordered from a foreign shipyard but was built at Rio de Janeiro. It was the third largest ship in the Brazilian navy at the time (after the
battleships and ).
[Conways, p. 408]
The completion of ''Almirante Tamandare'' coincided with the ''
Revolta da Armada
The Brazilian Naval Revolts, or the Revoltas da Armada (in Portuguese), were armed mutinies promoted mainly by admirals Custódio José de Melo and Saldanha da Gama and their fleet of rebel Brazilian navy ships against the claimed unconstitu ...
'' (revolt of the Navy) which was an 1893-1894 mutiny of most of Brazil's navy related to the country's political disputes. The revolt was unsuccessful, as the naval officers did not have effective support from their allies on land and the government was able to purchase various small or improvised naval vessels overseas to retake control of the coastline.
One contemporary source, writing 25 years after ''Almirante Tamandare''s launch, said of the ship that:
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1890 ships
Ships built in Brazil
World War I cruisers of Brazil