Chilean cruiser O'Higgins (1897)
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O'Higgins[nb 1] was a Chilean armoured cruiser. O'Higgins was built by the British shipbuilder Armstrong to the design of Philip Watts, and served with the Chilean Navy between 1898 and 1933.
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Cruiser O'Higgins of the Chilean Navy, painting by Álvaro Casanova Zenteno (1857-1935). | |
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Name | O' Higgins |
Namesake | Bernardo O'Higgins |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, United Kingdom |
Laid down | 4 April 1896 |
Launched | 17 May 1897 |
Completed | 2 April 1898 |
Fate | Discarded 1946 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Armoured cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 126 m (412 ft) |
Beam | 19.13 m (62 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 6.93 m (22 ft 9 in) |
Installed power | 16,250 ihp (12,120 kW) |
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Speed | 21.6 kn (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) |
Range | 4,580 nmi (8,480 km; 5,270 mi)[2] |
Complement | 500 |
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