Chilean cruiser Chacabuco
- Chilean cruiser Chacabuco
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Career (Chile) |
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Name: |
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: |
2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion steam engines
cylindrical boilers |
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
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Armour: |
Deck: 1.75–4.5 in (44–114 mm)
Main gun shields: 4.5 in (114 mm)
Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm) |
The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco was a cruiser in service with the Chilean Navy through World War I and World War II.
The Chacabuco was a Chilean cruiser built by Amstrong Shipyard entered service in 1902, modernized in 1941 and scraped 1947.[1]
References
- ^ Carlos Lopez Urrutia, "Historia de la Marina de Chile", Editorial Andres Bello, 1969, view, page 414.
Categories:
- Naval ship stubs
- Chile stubs
- World War I cruisers
- World War I ships of Chile
- World War II ships of Chile
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