| Name: | MINISTRO ZENTENO |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 06/05/1895 |
| Launched: | 01/02/1896 |
| Completed: | 06/02/1897 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 629 |
| Dimensions: | 3437disp, 330.0 x 43.0 x 16.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl ( 31, 46 & 70 x 30ins), 6500ihp to 7500ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 8 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF, 4 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns; 3 x 1 x 18ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 06/02/1897 | Government of Chile |
| 1931 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Ordered by Brazil as part of a 3 ship contract |
| 09/1895: Due to delays in paying the first instalment she was sold to Chile | |
| 1923: Used as a surveying ship | |
| 1931: Broken up |
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