Chilean corvette Baquedano (1898)
 Corvette Baquedano | |
| History | |
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 Chile
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| Name: | General Baquedano |
| Namesake: | Manuel Baquedano |
| Builder: | Armstrong Whitworth |
| Launched: | 5 July 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 22 August 1899 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 December 1959 |
| Notes: | Also known as La chancha |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2500 t |
| Length: | 240 ft (73.2 m) |
| Depth: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1,500 HP, Belleville boiler |
| Sail plan: | corvette |
| Speed: | 13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph) |
| Crew: | 333 |
Baquedano was the first training ship of the Chilean Navy ordered specifically for this purpose. She replaced in this function the old Abtao and Pilcomayo.
From 1922 to 1926 she was refitted in Talcahuano. She continued to serve as training ship until 1935.
In the literature
Francisco Coloane wrote the novel El último grumete de la Baquedano (The last ship boy of the Baquedano).
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baquedano (ship, 1899). |
External links
- Luis Enrique Delano Farewell to the Baquedano in Chilean magazine "Zig Zag"
- Felipe García-Huidobro Correa, Centenario del primer viaje de instrucción de la corbeta General Baquedano 1899-1999
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