Marshal Deodoro-class coastal defence ship
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The ''Deodoro'' class were two French-designed and built
coastal defense battleship Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coastal battleships or coast defence ships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the period from 1860 to 1920. They were small, often cruiser-sized warships that sacrif ...
s built for the Brazilian Navy in the late 1890s. Upon their completion, ''Scientific American'' called them small vessels of a type "built only for second-rate naval powers," but also noted that it was a "wonder ... so much armor and armament could be carried" on a ship of its size. They served the Brazilian Navy as its only modern armored warships until the arrival of two dreadnoughts in 1910.Lyon, p. 407


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The ships had a low freeboard and long superstructures with single-gun main turrets arranged at each end. Their
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were also mounted at each end of the superstructure, albeit in
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s in each corner. All used British
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guns. In 1912, both ships were overhauled with new propulsion and armament. In 1924, Brazil sold ''Marshal Deodoro'' to the Mexican Navy. She served for another 14 years, primarily as a training vessel.


''Deodoro''-class coast-defense ships

* ''Deodoro'' (sold to Mexico and commissioned as the ''AnĂ¡huac'') * ''Floriano'' (scrapped)


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