Zaire (1884)

Zaire

The Zaire

Ship data flag  Portugal Ship type Gunboat class Zaire- class Shipyard Laydrs, UK Commissioning 1884 Decommissioning 1916 Whereabouts scrapped

Ship dimensions and crew length 42.56 m ( Lüa ) width 7.75 m Draft Max. 3.43 m displacement 558 t   crew 111

Machine system machine Steam engine Machine performance 500 hp

Rigging and rigging Rigging Barque

Armament 1 × 15 cm L / 30 cannon 2 × 10 cm L / 35 cannons 2 × 11 mm machine guns

The gunboat Zaire was a Portuguese Navy warship that entered service in 1884. It was named after the Congo River , which is also called Zaire.

Ship data

The gunboats Zaire and Liberal

The Zaire was one of the two boats of the Zaire class , along with her sister ship Liberal . Both gunboats were built in England. They had a displacement of 558 t , were 42.56 m long, 7.75 wide and 3.43 m draft. The steam engine had an output of 500 hp.

history

Model of the Zaire in the Museu de Marinha in Lisbon

The ship was mainly used in the colonies of Angola , Mozambique , Portuguese India , Portuguese Guinea and Macau .

Gago Coutinho served briefly as a lieutenant on the Zaire in 1891 . From 1887 to 1889 João do Canto e Castro , who was president of the first Portuguese republic from 1918 to 1919, served on the Zaire , which he commanded as interim commander in April 1889.

In July 1912, Zaire brought a company of soldiers from Mozambique to Portuguese Timor , where they were deployed against the Manufahi rebellion .

On February 5, 1915, the Zaire reached Angola, where an expeditionary force took them.

On July 29, 1916, the Zaire evacuated 545 sick soldiers from Quionga in East Africa.

In 1916 the Zaire was scrapped.

More ships of this name

The Beira class included Zaire (formerly Goa ) , who served from 1925 to 1958 .

On December 22, 1971, the Portuguese Navy put a Cacine class patrol boat into service, which was named Zaire (P 1146). The boat is still in active service today (as of 2014).

See also

• Portuguese colonial history

Web links

• Photos of the Zaire and Liberal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Macau Antigo Blog: "Navetas" ... "Naus" .. "Fragatas" ... "Corvetas" ... "Galeras", "Brigues", etc ... , May 27, 2010 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Forum Defesa: Classe ZAIRE , accessed on August 4, 2014.
3. ↑ Os Realistas - Gago Coutinho , September 30, 2010 , accessed August 4, 2014.
4. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical study of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor, 1850 to 1912, p. 268, (Abera Network Asia-Pacific, 4). Abera, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-931567-08-7 . (At the same time: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1994)
5. ↑ Frédéric Durand: Three centuries of violence and struggle in East Timor (1726–2008), p. 7, (PDF; 243 kB), Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, (online), June 7, 2011, accessed on May 28 2012, ISSN  1961-9898 .
6. ↑ A Marinha Portuguesa na I Guerra Mundial , September 15, 2009 , accessed on August 3, 2014.
7. ^ O Portal da História: A REOCUPAÇÃO DE QUIONGA , accessed on August 3, 2014.
8. ↑ Portal da Marinha: Patrulhas ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 4, 2014.