Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898)

For other uses, see Chacabuco (disambiguation).
Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, 1898
History
Chile
Name: Chacabuco
Namesake: Battle of Chacabuco
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth
Launched: 4 July 1898
Acquired: 1902
Struck: 1952
General characteristics
Class and type: Protected cruiser
Displacement: 4,160 long tons (4,230 t)
Length: 360 ft (109.7 m)
Beam: 46 ft 6 in (14.2 m)
Draught: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power: 15,700 ihp (11,700 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement: 400
Armament:
  • 2 × 1 - Armstrong 8-inch (203 mm) guns
  • 10 × 1 - 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
  • 12 × 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) guns
  • 6 × 1 - 3-pounder guns
  • 3 × 1 - 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:

The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco was a protected cruiser in service with the Chilean Navy through World War I and World War II and scrapped 1947.[1]:414

She was involved in the Santa María School massacre.[1]:340

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Carlos López Urrutia (1969). Historia de la Marina de Chile. Andres Bello. GGKEY:9XDHU6QU6DA. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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