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Name: BLANCO ENCALADA
Type: Cruiser
Keel: 08/1892
Launched: 09/09/1893
Completed: 29/05/1894
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 605
Dimensions: 4403disp, 380.0 x 45.7 x 18.4(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x VT4cyl (40, 60 & 66, 66 x 30ins), 9500ihp to 14500ihp
Engines by: Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 22.5knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 1 x 8.0ins, 10 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 12 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 5 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes
History:
29/05/1894 Government of Chile
1946 Broken up
Comments: 1944: Hulked
1946: Broken up


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