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Esmeralda

Museum Corbeta Esmeralda In Iquique, a replica of the Esmeralda as she was on 20 May 1879 was opened as a museum ship on 20 May 2011 by President Sebasti?n Pi?era, including the descendants of Arturo Prat. The museum corresponds on the representation of 1:1 scale of the major departments in Esmeralda. Career (Chile) Name: Esmeralda Namesake: Esmeralda (1791) Ordered: 30 June 1852 Awarded: 23 October 1854 Builder: William Pitcher, Northfleet, England Cost: ?23,000 Laid down: December 1854 Launched: 26 June 1855 Commissioned: 18 September 1855 Fate: Sunk, 21 May 1879 General characteristics Type: Steam corvette Tons burthen: 854 77⁄94 tons bm Length: 210 ft (64 m) o/a (excluding bowsprit) 180 ft (55 m) (p/p) 166 ft (51 m) (keel) Beam: 32 ft (9.8 m) Depth of hold: 18 ft (5.5 m) Propulsion: 4 ? coal-fired boilers 2 ? horizontal condensing steam engines 200 ihp (149 kW) at 31 rpm Single screw Sail plan: Full-rigged ship Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (under steam) Complement: 200 Armament: ? As built ? 20 ? 32-pounder long guns ? 2 ? 12-pounder guns ? From 1868 ? 12 ? Armstrong 40-pounder rifled guns ? 4 ? Whitworth 40-pounder smoothbore guns Service record Commanders: Robert Winthrop Simpson Juan Williams Rebolledo Arturo Prat Chac?n Operations: Chincha Islands War War of the Pacific The Esmeralda was a wooden-hulled steam corvette of the Chilean Navy, launched in 1855, and sunk by the Peruvian ironclad Hu?scar on 21 May 1879 at the Battle of Iquique during the War of the Pacific. Ship history Construction Construction of the ship was authorized on 30 June 1852 by President Manuel Montt and the Minister of War and Navy Jos? Francisco Gana. Chilean naval officer Robert Winthrop Simpson and shipbuilder William Pitcher of Northfleet, England, signed a contract for her construction, at a total cost of ?23,000, on 23 October 1854. The ship was laid down in December 1854, and launched on 26 June 1855 under the name Esmeralda, after the frigate captured by Thomas Cochrane during the Chilean War of Independence. Her hull was of wood, and coppered. She was 210 ft (64 m) in length overall (excluding the bowsprit), with a beam of 32 ft (9.8 m) and a depth of 18 ft (5.5 m). Four coal-fired boilers powered two horizontal condensing steam engines rated at 200 IHP, which gave the ship a speed of up to 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) under power. The single propeller could be decoupled and raised when under sail. The ship's complement was 200. Service history The Esmeralda was commissioned into the Armada de Chile on 18 September 1855, and eventually sailed from Falmouth, Cornwall, under Simpson's command and arrived at Valpara?so on 7 November 1856. On 26 November 1865, during the Chincha Islands War, while under the command of Juan Williams Rebolledo, she captured the Spanish schooner Virgen de Covadonga at the Battle of Papudo. Her original armament of twenty 32-pounder guns was replaced in 1867-68 with twelve Armstrong rifled 40-pounders and four Whitworth smoothbore 40-pounders. In 1877 she sailed to Easter Island and Tahiti on a training voyage. On 21 May 1879, during the War of the Pacific, the Esmeralda engaged the Peruvian ironclad Hu?scar in the Battle of Iquique. Despite the material superiority of the Peruvian ship the battle lasted for over three hours. The captain of Esmeralda, Arturo Prat was killed while leading an attempt to board the enemy vessel, but the Hu?scar eventually sank the Esmeralda.

Username	surveychile
Shipowner	Chilean Navy
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Type of ship	Corvette
Year of build and builder	1855 William Pitcher, Northfleet, England
Date	19 June 2015
Place	Port of Iquique, Chile.
Added on	11/07/2015
Dimension	1200 x 900
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