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This battleship is normally anchored in Talcahuano, Chile and was built in the U.K. back in 1860-1865 . Yard: Laird Bros Ltd Birkenhead.
Length 38 metres breadth 10 metres draft 3.4 metres.
Ironclad turretship. displacement: 1,870 Maudslay return connecting engine 300 hp, 1 screw 12 knots.
The vessel was involved in the war between Peru and Chili in 1879, being the flagship of the Peruvian Navy.
It was thereafter conquered by Chile and is now a historical naval museum.
(Photo hi-07/86)
Length 38 metres breadth 10 metres draft 3.4 metres.
Ironclad turretship. displacement: 1,870 Maudslay return connecting engine 300 hp, 1 screw 12 knots.
The vessel was involved in the war between Peru and Chili in 1879, being the flagship of the Peruvian Navy.
It was thereafter conquered by Chile and is now a historical naval museum.
(Photo hi-07/86)
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