Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898)
Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, 1898 | |
| History | |
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| Chile | |
| Name | Chacabuco |
| Namesake | Battle of Chacabuco |
| Builder | Armstrong Whitworth |
| Launched | 4 July 1898 |
| Acquired | 1902 |
| Out of service | December 1950 |
| Stricken | 15 December 1959 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
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| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Complement | 400 |
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The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. Built at the end of the 19th Century, the Chacabuco had a remarkably long and varied career spanning nearly half a century.