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PRESIDENTE ERRÁZURIZ protected cruisers (1892)

Presidente Errázuriz 1914

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Presidente Errázuriz     F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France 1889 21.6.1890 1892 gunnery TS 1919, discarded 1930
Presidente Pinto     F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France 1889 4.9.1890 1.1892 discarded 1910

  

Displacement normal, t

2047

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

81.8 pp

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

4.39 mean

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

5400

Max speed, kts

18.3

Fuel, t

coal 400

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armour, mm

Steel; deck: 35 - 25 with 60 - 35 slopes, shields: 90, CT: 50

Armament

4 x 1 - 150/36 Canet M1884, 2 x 1 - 120/36 Canet M1884, 4 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 3 - 356 TT (1 bow, 1 beam)

Complement

170

Project history: Wood- and copper-sheathed hull with raised forecastle and poop. 150mm guns were installed in sponsons and 120mm guns fore and aft.

Ship protection: Full length protective deck was 35mm at flat part and 60mm at slopes abreast machinery and 25mm at flat part and 35mm at slopes at ship ends.

Modernizations: 1908, Presidente Errázuriz: boilers were replaced by 4 Belleville; - 4 x 1 - 150/36, 2 x 1 - 120/36; + 4 x 1 - 152/45 Armstrong KK, 2 x 1 - 120/45 Canet M1890

Naval service: By 1919 Presidente Errázuriz served as gunnery TS.

Presidente Pinto

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