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Battle of Santa Luzia
Part of the Liberal rebellions of 1842
Date20 August 1842
Location
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Minas Gerais liberals  Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
José Feliciano Baron of Caxias
Strength
3,300
1 cannon
2,000-2,500
2-4 cannons



















































Battle of Los Pozos
Part of the Cisplatine War
Date11 June 1826
Location
Off Buenos Aires, Argentina
Result Inconclusive[1]
Belligerents
 Empire of Brazil Argentina United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Brazil James Norton Argentina William Brown













































Arrival of the frigate Constituição, bringing Teresa Cristina on board, by Edoardo De Martino c. 1872
History
Empire of Brazil
NameAmazonas
NamesakeConsitution of Brazil
Ordered3 January 1825
BuilderHenry Eckford
Laid downJuly 1825
CompletedAugust 1826
RenamedIsabel Maria on 23 October 1826 and Constituição on 13 May 1831
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement546 tonnes (537 long tons; 602 short tons)
Length53.95 metres (177 ft 0 in)
Beam14.02 metres (46 ft 0 in)
Depth9.14 metres (30 ft 0 in)
Complement600-900
Armament
  • As built:
  • 62 guns

Constituição was a frigate of the Imperial Brazilian Navy.

Design and construction

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On 21 January 1824, emperor Pedro I of Brazil appointed José Silvestre Rebelo as Brazil's chargé d'affaires to the United States. Rebelo received instructions from Luís José de Carvalho e Melo [pt], then Minister of Foreigners, to negotiate the acquisition of frigates and other ships in the United States, being advised to await further "special instructions, which would be given at the appropriate time, reached by agreement with the naval officer specially designated for that purpose and who would be the bearer of those instructions". Rebelo arrived in Baltimore on 26 March 1824, being received by president James Monroe.

On 24 September 1824, the Brazilian government issued a note ordering the construction of two war frigates, designating lieutenant-captain José Joaquim Faustino to direct and inspect the construction of the ships with master carpenter José Rodrigues Bairão, from the Court's Navy Arsenal, as his assistant. On 3 January 1825, Rebelo concluded the contract with shipbuilder Henry Eckford for the construction of two frigates "in every way similar to those of the United States war navy". The frigates should be delivered on 1 May 1826 for the price of 350 thousand pesos each, but without any guns, ammunition and gunpowder.

The Brazilian government deemed the price too high, to which Rebelo argued that "if a 50-gun frigate costs 500 thousand cruzados in Rio de Janeiro and a 74-gun ship a million, it was clear that a 62-gun one could not cost less than 750 thousand cruzados".

  1. ^ Carneiro 1946, p. 191: "A ação, começada à tarde, não foi mais do que uma tentativa sem resultado nenhum definitivo, nem coisa parecida, de trazer os argentinos a combate geral".