Brazilian ship Bahia explained

Several ships of the Brazilian Navy have been named Bahia, after the state of Bahia:

• , a river monitor built in 1864 and stricken in 1894
• , lead ship of the s built in 1909 and sunk in 1945.
• , a, loaned from the United States in 1963 and decommissioned in 1972.
• , a, purchased from the United States in 1972 and decommissioned in 1993.
• , a purchased from France in 2015.