Personnel

The personnel of the Brazilian navy numbers about 8,500 of all ranks. The executive officers are distributed as follows: 1 admiral, 2 vice-admirals, 10 rear-admirals, 18 captains, 30 commanders, 60 lieutenant-commanders, 175 lieutenants, and 160 sub-lieutenants.

Materiel

The ships built for the Brazilian Navy number in all 63. There are no vessels under construction.

Built.

Coast defence ships

9

Protected cruisers

6

Torpedo vessels

18

Torpedo boats

28

Submarines

2

Dockyards

The only important dockyard is situated at Rio de Janeiro, where there are three docks to take cruisers, and two smaller ones. Besides this there are naval bases at Para, Bahia, Pernambuco, and Ladario de Matto Grosso.