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Almirante Cochrane

Almirante Cochrane

Survived

Chilean Navy

TypeIronclad
ClassAlmirante Cochrane
WarsWar of the Pacific, Chilean Civil War
Main guns6 × 9 in (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles

Sister of Blanco Encalada. Her gunfire killed Admiral Grau and disabled Huáscar at Angamos in 1879. Served the Congressionalists in 1891.

Fragata blindada chilena Almirante Cochrane Photo: Antonio Bisama Cuevas, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

in 1879

  • 6 × 9 in (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
  • 1 × 20-pounder gun
  • 1 × 9-pounder gun
  • 1 × 7-pounder gun
  • 1 × 1-inch (25 mm) Nordenfeldt machine gun

Armour

  • Belt: 4.5–9 in (114–229 mm)
  • Battery: 6–8 in (152–203 mm)
  • Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
  • Conning tower: 4.5 in (114 mm)
  • Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)
BuilderEarle's Shipbuilding Co., Hull
Laid down1873
Launched23 January 1874
Displacement3,480 long tons (3,540 t)
Length210 ft (64.0 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement300

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

23 January 1874

8 October 1879 · War of the Pacific

Her shell killed Grau

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1934