List of historical ships of the Brazilian Navy

Last updated September 07, 2025

This list includes all historical Brazilian Navy ships from both the Imperial Era and the Republic Era, that hav been in service in the 200 + years of history of Brazilian Navy and have been retired. Many of them have taken part in War of Independence, Cisplatine War, Paraguayan War, Naval Revolt, and all major battles and wars as part of Brazilian Armed Forces. ^[1] For active ships refer to the list. Many ships are named after famous Brazilian military officers like Benjamin Constant. United States and United States Navy have been the biggest supporters to the Brazilian Navy since World War Two in the republic era. Although during the Imperial Era and the Republic Era, Brazil sourced its ships from domestic shipyards, many ships were also built in Portugal, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.

Imperial Navy

Class	Type	Origin	In Service	Per unit (Name)	Displacement	N.B.
Príncipe Real	Ship of the line	Portugal	1822-1830		3,500 ton	Launched in 1771 as the Portuguese Nossa Senhora da Conceição. It brought the Portuguese royal family to Brazil in 1808 and remained in Brazil after Brazilian Independence.
Dom Pedro I	Ship of the line	Portugal	1822-1833			Launched in 1760 as the Portuguese Santo António e São José. Renamed several times, eventually becoming the Imperial Brazilian Navy's Dom Pedro I in 1822. Participated in the War of Independence and the Cisplatine War.
Maria Teresa^{[ citation needed ]}	Schooner	Portugal	1822–1827			Participated in the War of Independence and the Cisplatine War.
Vasco da Gama (nau de 1792) [ pt ]	Nau (Carrack)	Portugal	1822–1826			Participated in the War of Independence.
Pedro I	Nau (Carrack)	Portugal	1822–1827			Participated in the War of Independence, his commander was Lord Cochrane Marquês do Maranhão.
Niterói	Frigate	Portugal	1822–1836			It was the first captaincy ship of the Brazilian fleet, with notable achievements of the War of Independence and the Cisplatine War.
Liberal	Corvette	Portugal	1823–1844			It was part of the Portuguese colonial fleet. The Brazilian Imperial Navy had outstanding performance of the War of Independence and the Cisplatine War.
Maria da Glória	Clipper/Corvette	United States	1823–1830			It was part of the Portuguese colonial fleet until 1823 when it was incorporated by Brazil. It participated in the War of Independence. In the Cisplatine War he stood out in the naval battle Lara Quilmes where he destroyed the Argentine frigate 25 de Mayo .
Real^[2]	Brig	Portugal	1823–1827			It was part of the Portuguese colonial fleet, was captured by Brazilians. It was actively involved in the war of independence and the Cisplatine War.
Oriental	Schooner	Brazil	1823–1827			Participated in the Cisplatin War. In 1827 was captured by Argentine Navy.
Dona Januária	Schooner	Brazil	1823–1845			Participated in the cisplatin War. In 1827 was captured by Argentine Navy and renamed as Ocho Febrero In 1828 during the naval battle of Arregui was recaptured by the Empire of Brazil.
Imperatriz	Frigate	Brazil	1824–1836			Participated in the cisplatin war. During the conflict he excelled in repelling the attacks of the Argentine navy
Dona Paula	Frigate	United Kingdomm	1825–1827			Participated in the Cisplatine War. Wrecked 1827
Bertioga	Schooner	Portugal	1825–1827			Captured by the Argentines in the Battle of Juncal.In 1827 was captured by Argentine Navy.
Constituição	Frigate	United States	1826–1880			Participated in the cisplatin war. Seizes two boats Argentine privateers during the conflict.
Abaeté	Schooner	Brazil	1839–1841			Was part of the naval force which operated against Cabanagem.
Calíope	Brig	Brazil	1839–1860		194 ton	On December 17, 1851, participated in the forcing of the Tonelero Pass.
Amélia	Frigate	Brazil	1840–1859		594 ton	.
Dona Francisca	Corvette	Brazil	1845–1860		637 ton	On December 17, 1851, participated in the battle of the Tonelero Pass.
Dom Afonso	Frigate	United Kingdom	1848–1853		900 ton	Was fleet flagship during Battle of The Tonelero Pass in Platine War Sank in 1853.
Dom Pedro II	Corvette	Brazil	1850–1861			Participated in Battle of The Tonelero Pass Sank in 1861.
Recife	Corvette	United Kingdom	1850–1880			Was flagship of a fleet during Battle of The Tonelero Pass in Platine War.
Bahiana	Corvette	Brazil	1851–1893		972 ton	In 1851, It went to Montevideo to join Admiral Grenfell's squad in the war against Argentine Rosas.It was set on fire and destroyed during the 1893 Armada Revolt.
Amazonas	Frigate	United Kingdom	1852–1897		1,800 ton	Relevant participated in Paraguayan War Was seriously damaged during Naval Revolt in 1897.
Ypiranga	Gunboat	Brazil	1854–1880		325 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Jequitinhonha	Corvette	United Kingdom	1854–1865		637 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War During the naval Battle of Riachuelo, it ran under the batteries of the strong enemies, having to be left by the crew. Not being able to get away from the beach, it was burned by the crew.
Beberibe	Corvette	United Kingdom	1854–1869		559 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War. She had an important participated in the naval battle of Riachuelo and in the passage of the fortress of Humaita.
Belmonte	Corvette	France	1856–1876		602 ton	Participated in Platine War and Paraguayan War.
Parnahyba	Corvette	France}	1858–1868		637 ton	Participated in Uruguayan War and Paraguayan War. Special participation in Siege of Paysandú.
Anhambaí	Light Gunboat	Brazil	1858–1865			Participated in Paraguayan War, she was captured by Paraguayan forces in January 1865.
Araguari	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1858–1882		400 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Ivahy	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1858–1870		415 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Iguatemi	Corvette	United Kingdom	1858–1882		400 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Ironclad Brasil	Ironclad warship	Brazil	1865–1890		1,518 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War. Was damaged in Battle of Curuzu.
Mariz e Barros-class ironclad	Ironclad warship	United Kingdom	1865–1897 1865–1885	1- Mariz e Barros 2- Herval	1,313 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Ironclad Tamandaré	Ironclad warship	Brazil	1865–1879		800 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War. Was damaged in Battle of Curupayty.
Ironclad Barroso	Ironclad warship	Brazil	1866–1882		980 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Ironclad Rio de Janeiro	Ironclad warship	Brazil	1865–1866		870 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War. Sank after hitting two mines in Battle of Curupayty.
Cabral-class ironclad	Ironclad warship	United Kingdom	1865–1880 1865–1880	1 – Cabral 2 – Colombo	1,100 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Ironclad Lima Barros	Ironclad warship	Brazil	1866–1905		1,700 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Ironclad Silvado	Ironclad warship	Brazil	1866–1880		1,335 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Monitor Bahia	Monitor (warship)	United Kingdom	1866–1882		940 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Pará-class monitor	Monitor (warship)	Brazil	1866–1884 1866–1907 1867–1900 1868–1893 1868–1884 1868–1882	1-Pará 2-Rio Grande 3-Alagoas 4-Piauí 5-Ceará 6-Santa Catharina	490 ton	Participated in Paraguayan War.
Battleship Riachuelo	Battleship	United Kingdom	1883–1910		5,700 ton
Afonso Celso Class	Gunboat	Brazil	1882–1900	Afonso Celso/Trindade	327 ton	.
Torpedo-boat Class I	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1882–1900	Nº1 Nº2 Nº3 Nº4 Nº5		.
Alfa Class	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1883–1899	Alfa Beta Gama		.
Marajó	Gunboat	Brazil	1885–1893		430 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt by the Rebel Fleet. In 1893 he was set on fire by loyalist troops.
Imperial Marinheiro	Cruiser	Brazil	1884–1887		726 ton	Sank in 1887.
Battleship Aquidabã	Battleship	United Kingdom	1885–1906		5,030 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt by the Rebel Fleet. Was damaged by torpedoes in naval battle of Anhatomirim, Santa Catarina Sank in 1906.
Iniciadora	Gunboat	Brazil	1885–1907		268 ton
Cruiser Almirante Barroso	Cruiser	Brazil	1884–1893		2,000 ton	Sank in 1893 during circumnavigation voyage.
Forges-et-Chantiers Ocean Monitor	Monitor (warship)	France	1873–1893 1875–1893	1- Javary 2- Solimões	3,700 ton	The two joined the Rebel Fleet during the Naval Revolt, Javary was sunk by the coastal artillery Fort Villagaignon.
Trajano	Cruiser	Brazil	1873–1906		1,414 ton	He joined the Rebel Fleet during the Naval Revolt.
Battleship Sete de Setembro	Battleship	Brazil	1874–1893		2,174 ton	He joined the Rebel Fleet during the Naval Revolt, sunk in combat in 1893.

Republic Navy

Class	Type	Origin	In Service	Per unit (Name)	Displacement	N.B.
Benjamin Constant class	training ship	France	1894–1926	Benjamin Constant	2311 ton	First ship named after Brazilian military officer Benjamin Constant and first to be designed as a purpose-built training ship
Cannon class	Destroyer	United States	1944–1982	Comandante Bauru	1600 ton	ex-USS McAnn, leased to Brazil in 1944 and transferred 1953. Currently Museum ship in Rio de Janeiro near naval dockyard. ^[3]
Carioca class	Gunboat	Brazil	1890–1912	Cananéia	210 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt by the Loyalist Fleet. It was sunk in combat against the Cruiser Republica, in 1894. It was recovered after the war and survived.
Tamandaré class	Protected Cruiser	Brazil	1890–1915	Tamandaré	4,430 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt by the Rebel Fleet.
Coureur class	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1891–1902	Marcílio Dias Iguatemi Araguari	110 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt by the Rebel Fleet.
Republic class	Protected Cruiser	United Kingdom	1892–1922	Republica	1,230 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt by the Rebel Fleet, under rebel control was renamed to 15 de Novembro. During the conflict sank the gunboat Cananéialoyalist Fleet.
Tiradentes class	Torpedo-Cruiser	United Kingdom	1892–1917	Tiradentes	700 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt, he sided with the Loyalist Fleet.
Sabino Vieira	Torpedoboat	United Kingdom	1893–1901	Sabino Vieira	16 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt, he sided with the Loyalist Fleet.
Pedro Ivo class	Torpedoboat	Germany	1893–1910 1893–1900 1893–1912	Pedro Ivo Nº1 Pedro Affonso Nº2 Silvado Nº3 Tamboril Nº4 Bento Gonçalves Nº5	130 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt in Loyalist Fleet.
Gustavo Sampaio class	Destroyer	United Kingdom	1894–1912	Gustavo Sampaio	438 ton	Participated in Naval Revolt remained in the Loyalist Fleet. During the Naval Battle Anhatomirim fired four torpedoes, one of which put out of action the Battleship Aquidabã.
Pereira da Cunha class	Light Cruiser	Brazil	1893–1894	Pereira da Cunha		Participated in Naval Revolt by the Rebel Fleet, exploded after being hit by coastal artillery fire.
Benjamim Constant-class	Cruiser	France	1894–1926	Benjamim Constant	2,275 ton
Itas-class	Cargo Ship	United Kingdom	1898–1915	Comandante Freitas
Barroso class	Protected Cruiser	United Kingdom	1896–1931	C1 Barroso	3,400 ton
Deodoro-class	Coastal Defence Battleship	France	1898–1924 1900–1934	1- Deodoro 2- Floriano	3,160 ton
Tupy-class	Torpedo boat	Germany	1897–1915 1897–1917 1897–1916	1-Tupy 2- Tymbira 3- Tamoio	1,130 ton
Acre-class	Gunboat	United Kingdom	1906–1921 1906–1917 1906–1917 1906–1933	1-Acre 2-Amapá 3-Jurua 4-Missões	200 ton
Goyaz class	Torpedo boat	United Kingdom	1907–1933	Goyaz	56 ton
Pará class	Destroyer	Brazil	1908–1933 1908–1944 1908–1931 1908–1946 1909–1944 1909–1944 1909–1939 1909–1944 1910–1944 1910–1944	CT-2 Pará CT-3 Piaui CT-1 Amazonas CT-10 Mato Grosso CT-4 Rio Grande do Norte CT-5 Paraiba CT-6 Alagoas CT-9 Santa Catarina CT-8 Parana CT-7 Sergipe	640 ton	Participated in World War I and World War II.
Bahia class	Scout cruiser	United Kingdom	1909–1945	C12 Bahia	3,100 ton	Participated in World War I and World War II. Sunk in 1945.
Bahia class	Scout cruiser	United Kingdom	1909–1948	C11 Rio Grande do Sul	3,100 ton	Participated in World War I and World War II.
Minas Geraes class	Battleship	United Kingdom	1910–1952 1910–1947	Minas Geraes São Paulo	20,000 ton	Participated in World War I and World War II.
Laurindo Pitta class	Tugboat	United Kingdom	1910–1998	Laurindo Pitta		Participated in World War I and World War II.
Humber class	Monitor	United Kingdom	1914–1920	Solimões	1,260 ton
Belmonte class	Auxiliary ship	Germany	1917	Belmonte
Acasta class	Destroyer	United Kingdom	1922–1946	Maranhão	940 ton	Participated in World War II.
Balilla class	Submarine	Italy	1927–1950	Humayta	1,427 tons
Tupy class	Submarine	Italy	1937–1959 1937–1959 1937–1959	S11 Tupy S12 Tymbira S13 Tamoyo		Participated in World War II.
Vital de Oliveira class	Auxiliary ship	Brazil	1931–1944	Vital de Oliveira		Participated in World War II. Only ship lost to enemy action. Sunk on 19 July, 1944 by U-861 submarine. Wreckage confirmed in 2025 at 40 miles off Rio coast. ^[4]
Barreto de Menezes class	Light corvette	Brazil	1942–1959	F1 Fernandes Vieira F2 Felipe Camarão F3 Henrique Dias F4 Matias e Albuquerque F5 Barreto de Menezes F6 Vidal de Negreiros		Participated in World War II.
Orizaba class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1945–1959	U11 Duque de Caxias		Participated in World War II.
Carioca class	Corvette	Brazil	1939–1949	C1 Carioca C2 Cananéia C3 Camocim C4 Cabedelo C5 Caravelas C6 Camaquã	818 ton	Participated in World War II. Camaquã sunk in 1944.
Mettawee class	Gasoline tanker	United States	1944–1970	G18 Rijo G19 Raza		Participated in World War II.
Pernambuco class	River monitor	Brazil	1910–1948 1940–1971	Pernambuco P1 Paraguassú	650 ton	Participated in World War II. During the 2nd World War, static harbour defense at anchor at the port of Salvador-BA.
PC-461 class	Submarine chaser	United States	1942–1958 1942–1959 1943–1952 1943–1952 1943–1959 1943–1951 1943–1959 1943–1959	G1 Guaporé G2 Gurupi G3 Guaíba G4 Guarupá G5 Guajará G6 Goiânia G7 Grajaú G8 Graúna		Participated in World War II.
Marcílio Dias class	Destroyer	United States Brazil	1943–1966 1943–1972 1943–1966	M1 Marcilio Dias M2 Mariz e Barros M3 Greenhalgh	2,000 ton	Participated in World War II.
Bertioga class	Destroyer	United States	1944–1964 1944–1973 1945–1981 1945–1968 1945–1964 1945–1964 1945–1965 1945–1973	D16 Babitonga D17 Baependi D18 Bauru D19 Beberibe D20 Benevente D21 Bertioga D22 Bocaina D23 Bracuí	1,600 ton	Participated in World War II.
Gato class	Submarine	United States	1957–1968 1957–1966	S14 Humaitá S15 Riachuelo
Stoyomo class	Tugboat	United States	1947–1985 1947–1985 1947–1986	R1Tritão R2Tridente R3Triunfo
Acre class	Destroyer	Brazil	1949–1974 1949–1964 1949–1973 1949–1964 1949–1974 1949–1974	D10 Acre D11 Ajuricaba D12 Amazonas D13 Apa D14 Araguarí D15 Araguaya	1,886 ton
Collosus class	Aircraft carrier	United Kingdom	1960–2001	A11 Minas Gerais	19,800 ton	Fleet flagship during the Lobster War.
Javarí class	Minesweepers	United States	1960–1982	M11 Javarí M12 Jutaí M13 Juruá M14 Jurena
Pará class	Destroyer	United States	1959–1983 1959–1973 1959–1973 1961–1982 1969–1989 1968–1988 1972–1990	D27 Para D28 Paraiba D29 Paraná D30 Pernambuco D31 Piauí D32 Santa Catarina D33 Maranhão	3,310 ton
Aristaeus class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1962–1997	G24 Belmonte
Mato Grosso class	Destroyer	United States	1972–1990 1973–1996 1973–1994 1973–1995 1973–1996	D34 Mato Grosso D35 Sergipe D36 Alagoas D37 Rio Grande do Norte D38 Espirito Santo	3,400 ton
Guppy II class	Submarine	United States	1972–1983 1972–1993 1972–1993 1978–1981 1973–1983 1973–1990 1973–1992	S10 Guanabara S11 Rio Grande do Sul S12 Bahia S13 Rio de Janeiro S14 Ceará S15 Goiás S16 Amazonas
Brooklyn class	Light cruiser	United States	1951–1973 1951–1976	C11 Barroso C12 Tamandaré	12,900 ton	Participated in Lobster War.
Marcílio Dias class destroyers	Destroyer	United States	1973–1994 1973–1997	D25 Marcílio Dias D26 Mariz e Barros	3,500 ton
Oberon class	Submarine	United Kingdom	1973–1996 1977–2001 1977–1997	S20 Humaitá S22 Riachuelo S21 Tonelero
Navajo class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1973–1996	K10 Gastão Moutinho
De Soto County class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1973–2000	G26 Duque de Caxias
Garcia class	Destroyer	United States	1989–2001 1989–2004 1989–2004 1989–2005	D27 Pará D28 Paraiba D29 Parana D30 Pernambuco	3,600 ton
Imperial Marinheiro class	Corvette	Netherlands	1955–2005	V15 Imperial Marinheiro V16 Iguatemi V17 Ipiranga V18 Forte Coimbra V20 Angostura V21 Bahiana V22 Mearim V23 Purus V24 Solimões
Custódio de Mello class	Auxiliary ship	Japan	1957–2009	G15 Custódio de Mello G16 Barroso Pereira G21 Ary Parreiras G22 Soares Dutra
Type 22 frigate	Frigate	United Kingdom	1996–2004 1996–2015 1995–2021	F47 Dodsworth F48 Bosísio F46 Greenhalgh	4,450 ton
Ceará class	Auxiliary ship	United States	1990–2012 1990–2016	G31 Rio de Janeiro G30 Ceará	11,600 ton
Inhaúma class	Corvette	Brazil	1986–2017 1992–2016 1991–2019	V30 Inhaúma V33 Frontin V31 Jaceguaí	1,900 ton
Marajó class	Tanker	Brazil	1969–2016	G27 Marajó
Clemenceau class	Aircraft carrier	France	2000–2017	A12 São Paulo	32,750 ton	Former French aircraft carrier Foch (R99)
Niterói class	Frigate	United Kingdom Brazil	1974–2019	F40 Niterói	3,800 ton
Round Table class	Landing ship logistics	United Kingdom	2007–2019	G29 Garcia D'Avila	7,700 ton
Felinto Perry class	Submarine rescue	Norway	1978–2020	K11 Felinto Perry	2,500 ton
Tupi class	Attack submarine	Germany Brazil	1987–2023	S32 Timbira	1,440 ton
Tupi class	Attack submarine	Germany Brazil	1999-2023	S33 Tapajó	1,440 ton
Tupi class	Attack submarine	Germany Brazil	1994-2023	S31 Tamoio	1,440 ton