Chilean frigate Blanco Encalada (1875)
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For other ships of the same name, see Chilean ship Blanco Encalada.
| Frigate Blanco Encalada | |
| Career | Naval Jack of Chile |
|---|---|
| Name: | Blanco Encalada |
| Namesake: | Manuel Blanco Encalada |
| Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched: | 1875 |
| Commissioned: | 1875 |
| Fate: | Sunk by torpedo, 23 April 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armoured frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,560 t (3,504 long tons) |
| Length: | 64 m (210 ft 0 in) p/p |
| Beam: | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: |
5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) forward 6 m (19 ft 8 in) aft |
| Propulsion: |
2 steam engines, 2.17 MW (2,910 hp) 6 cylindrical boilers 2 screws 254 t (250 long tons) coal |
| Speed: | 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Range: | 600 nmi (1,100 km) |
| Complement: | 242 |
| Armament: |
1875 : • 6 × 228 mm (9 in) muzzle-loading rifles • 2 × 20-pounder guns • 2 × 7-pounder guns |
| Armour: |
Belt: 115–230 mm (4.5–9.1 in) Battery: 205 mm (8 in) Deck: 76 mm (3 in) |
The armored frigate Blanco Encalada, commonly known as El Blanco, was a Chilean Naval vessel at the end of the 19th century. It was constructed, along with its twin Almirante Cochrane, in the United Kingdom in 1875. She participated actively in the War of the Pacific, her most important action being the capture of the Peruvian monitor Huáscar during the battle of Angamos.
The Blanco formed part of the congressional forces that brought down President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War of 1891. She was sunk during that conflict on 23 April 1891, becoming the first warship to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo.[1]
References
- ↑ "Blanco Encalada, fragata blindada (1º).". Armada de Chile. http://www.armada.cl/prontus_armada/site/artic/20090716/pags/20090716194359.html. Retrieved 2009-10-27. (Spanish)
Much of this article was translated from Blanco Encalada (fragata blindada).
