Pará-class destroyer

Pará class destroyer may refer to one of the following ship classes of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy:

Pará class destroyer (1908), a class of ten destroyers built by Yarrow in Scotland from 1908 to 1910; all ten were active during World War I, and six remained in service through World War II
Pará class destroyer (1959), the Brazilian name for seven former American Fletcher-class destroyers in Brazilian Navy service; the vessels were transferred to Brazil between 1959 and 1972 and the last vessel was removed from service in 1990

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