Peruvian gunboat Pilcomayo
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For other ships with the same name, see Argentinian ship ARA Pilcomayo (1874).
The Pilcomayo was originally a Peruvian gunboat involved in several actions during the War of the Pacific. Captured by the Chilean navy on November 18, 1879, it was repaired and participated in the blockade of the Peruvian ports. After the war it was used for hydrographic research, then as a training ship. In service until 1909, it was finally used as a pontoon at Talcahuano.
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Pilcomayo | |
History | |
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Peru | |
Name | Pilcomayo |
Ordered | March 1872 |
Builder | Money Wigram and Sons, Blackwall, England |
Laid down | 1873 |
Launched | 1874 |
Commissioned | 1874 |
Captured | Captured by Chile at the Tocopilla, 18 November 1879 |
Chile | |
Decommissioned | 1909 |
General characteristics | |
Type | corvette |
Displacement | 600 long tons (610 t) |
Length | 52.12 m (171 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 8.35 m (27 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in) |
Installed power | 1080 HP at 10,0 knots |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Three masts Barque square-rigged |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Range | 1836 nmiles at 9,0 knots |
Complement | 130 |
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