List of Battleships of the Imperial Brazilian Navy (Age of Kings)

Rio de Janeiro-class
The Rio de Janeiro-class was the first class of Brazilian dreadnoughts and the first class of "true" Brazilian battleships. They were built at the initiative of, who hoped to bolster the considerable prestige of Brazil by giving it a fleet that could operate and convey power in distant seas. These battleships began construction before many other great powers such as France, Germany, Russia, or Japan started work on their own ships, placing Brazil high in terms of naval prestige. However, the purchase alarmed Chile and Argentina, Brazil's only plausible rivals on the South American continent, who then placed their own orders for dreadnoughts. The first Brazilian dreadnought, the Rio de Janeiro, was put into service in 1910.