Peruvian ironclad Victoria
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BAP Victoria was an ironclad monitor built for the Peruvian Navy in the mid-1860s. The ship participated in the Battle of Callao in 1866 during the Chincha Islands War of 1864–66 and was not damaged. Her ultimate fate is unknown.
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Name | Victoria |
Builder | Maestranza Naval de Bellavista, Callao, Peru |
Completed | early 1866 |
Commissioned | 30 July 1864 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Monitor |
Displacement | 300 tonnes (300 long tons) |
Length | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 1 × locomotive engine |
Speed | Very slow |
Crew | 44 |
Armament | 1 × smoothbore 64-pounder gun |
Armor | 3 inches (76 mm) |
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