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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

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Armatore Chilean Navy
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Numero IMO
Classificazione Corvette
Cantiere e anno di costruzione 1855 William Pitcher, Northfleet, England
Data 27 June 2015
Luogo Port of Iquique, Chile.
Aggiunta il 05/09/2015
Dimensioni 1200 x 900
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