Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Hernan Cortés | Clydebank, Govan, UK | 24.8.1895 | 1895 | discarded 5.1925 | |||
Vasco Núñez de Balboa | Clydebank, Govan, UK | 12.9.1895 | 1895 | discarded 11.1926 | |||
Pizarro | Clydebank, Govan, UK | 5.9.1895 | 1895 | scuttled 8.1898 |
Displacement normal, t |
295 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
47.4 |
Breadth, m |
6.60 |
Draught, m |
1.93 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
Power, h. p. |
352 |
Max speed, kts |
13 |
Fuel, t |
coal 67 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2900(10) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/42 Nordenfelt, 2 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim-Nordenfelt |
Complement |
53 |
Project history: Small colonial gunboats.
Modernizations: 1890s, all: - 2 x 1 - 37/27; + 2 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt.
Naval service: Pizarro was blown up and scuttled by own crew to avoid capture in early August, 1898 off Nuevitas (Cuba).
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