Almirante Simpson 1905
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Almirante Simpson | Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 1895 | 1896 | 1896 | to Ecuador 1907 (Libertador Bolivar) |
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Displacement normal, t |
800 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
73.2 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.38 |
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Draught, m |
4.27 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
21.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 150 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 25, CT: 51 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong P, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
Project history: Steel-hulled torpedo gunboat. She had a ram bow, a raised forecastle and poop, two masts and two funnels set very close together. The 120mm Armstrong QF guns were mounted on the forecastle and poop. One TT was fixed in the bow, one was in a trainable mounting ahead of the funnels to starboard, and the third in a trainable mounting abaft the funnels to port.
Ship protection: There was 25mm steel plating over the engine and boiler rooms.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: She was sold to Ecuador in 1907 and renamed Libertador Bolivar.
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