Chilean corvette Abtao
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The corvette Abtao was a wooden ship built in Scotland during 1864 of 1.600 tons and 800 IHP.[1] She fought in the War of the Pacific and was in service for the Chilean Navy until 1922.
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Chilean corvette Abtao | |
History | |
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Chile | |
Name | Abtao |
Namesake | Battle of Abtao |
Ordered | by the Confederate States Navy |
Builder | Dennis Brothers, Scotland |
Launched | 29 October 1863 |
Commissioned | 1 June 1867 |
Decommissioned | 1922 |
Renamed | ex Texas, Cyclone |
Honours and awards | Naval Campaign of the War of the Pacific |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1600 t |
Length | 211 ft 6 in (64.47 m) |
Beam | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power | 800 ihp (600 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Crew | 200 |
Armament | 1 × 5.8" and 4 × 4.7" guns |
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