Acre-class destroyer

The Acre-class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy.

They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class.

Built in Brazil to a modified British design along with some U.S. equipment, they were built to replace six H-class destroyers (or Jurua class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war.

Due to design complications, the ships took a long time to complete, having been finished from 1949 to 1951.

The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and gun no.