Brazilian monitor Solimões explained

Brazilian monitor Solimões may refer to one of several monitors of the Brazilian Navy:

• , a French-built monitor that wrecked off Cape Polonio, Uruguay, on 21 May 1892 with the loss of 125
• , a British-built ; 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 Severn; sold for ship breaking in 1921