![]() The Niterói (center) attacks the 25 de Mayo (left), by Trajano Augusto de Carvalho in Nossa Marinha: Seus Feitos e Glórias (1822–1940)
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Name | Sucesso |
Namesake | Success |
Acquired | 1818 |
Fate | Joined Brazil, 1823 [1] |
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Name | Nichteroy |
Namesake | Niterói |
Commissioned | 1823 |
Decommissioned | 1836 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fifth-rate frigate |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 400 |
Armament | 36 cannons |
Nichteroy [a] was a fifth-rate frigate of the Imperial Brazilian Navy, having been built as a British vessel, [2] acquired by Portugal and later joining the Brazilian cause during the Brazilian War of Independence. [1]
The ship took part in the naval battle off Salvador, where she sailed under the English-born Frigate Captain John Taylor and became notorious for chasing the fleeing Portuguese fleet across the Atlantic to the mouth of the river Tagus. [3] Later, the vessel sailed under Captain of Sea-and-War James Norton in the Cisplatine War, being Norton's flagship in the battle of Lara-Quilmes, where she took William Brown's frigate 25 de Mayo out of action, which eventually led to its sinking. [3]
The vessel was officially decommissioned in 1836, after years of serving as a structure in the port of Rio de Janeiro. [3]