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Steel, Debt, and Regional Power: How Brazil Acquired the Torpedo Boat Goyaz in 1907

Sunday - History · DefenseHub · May 10, 2026

May 10, 2026
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DefenseHub · Sunday · History · May 10, 2026


In 1907, Brazil took delivery of the torpedo boat *Goyaz* from British shipyards against the backdrop of a naval modernization drive and the fiscal cushion of rubber boom revenues and acute anxiety about Argentine and Chilean naval expansion. The acquisition was less a tactical procurement than a strategic sta…

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