Blanco Encalada 1890
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cochrane | Earle, Hull, UK | 4.1872 | 23.1.1874 | 12.1874 | TS 1898, hulk 1908 | ||
| Valparaiso, 9.1876- Blanco Encalada | Earle, Hull, UK | 1873 | 8.5.1875 | 1875 | sunk 23.4.1891 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3370 |
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Displacement full, t |
3560 |
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Length, m |
64.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
13.9 |
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Draught, m |
6.65 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2920 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.7 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 229, ends: 152 - 114, battery: 203 - 152, CT: 76 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 229/15 Armstrong 12-ton MLR, 1 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 35cwt BLR, 1 x 1 - 66/29 Armstrong 9pdr BLR, 1 x 1 - 63/19 7pdr BLR, 1 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt |
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Complement |
300 |
Project history: Iron-hulled, barque-rigged ships with fighting lops on the main- and foremasts. They had a ram bow and one funnel. The battery amidships overhung the ships' sides, which were recessed fore and aft. There was a double bottom under the magazines, engine and boiler rooms, and the hull was sheathed in wood and zinc. The ships were designed by Sir Edward Reed.
Ship protection: The complete belt was 229mm thick at the lwl amidships, with a 152mm strake above and below, reducing to 114mm at the ends. The lower strake of the battery armour was 203-178mm thick with a 152mm strake above it. There was 13mm plating on the upper and main decks.
Modernizations: 1886, Blanco Encalada: was re-armed with 6 x 1 - 203/30 Armstrong K1, 4 x 1 - 82/27 14pdr BLR
1889, Cochrane: machinery was replaced (2 HTE, 6 new cylindrical boilers, 4300hp, 13.6kts); armament consisted of 6 x 1 - 203/30 Armstrong K1, 3 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss QF, 6 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 3 - 356 TT (2 bow, 1 stern)
1898, Cochrane: was converted to TS.
Naval service: Blanco Encalada was sunk 23.4.1891 by torpedo gunboats Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell at Caldera. Cochrane was converted to TS in 1898 and hulked in 1908.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015