Brazilian ship Javary

At least three ships of the Brazilian Navy have been named Javary:

Brazilian monitor Javary (1875), a French-built monitor sunk in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro on 22 November 1893 during the Revolta da Armada, the 1893–94 Naval Revolt
Brazilian monitor Javary (1913), the British-built lead ship of the Javary class of monitors; refused by the Brazilian Navy because of financial setbacks in the Brazilian economy; purchased by the British Royal Navy after the outbreak of World War I and became HMS Humber, the lead ship of the Humber-class monitors; later converted to a floating crane and remained in use at least to 1938 but probably through the end of World War II
Brazilian destroyer Javary, launched in 1939 she was purchased while still incomplete by the United Kingdom and renamed HMS Havant

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