 Almirante Simpson in 1904
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| History | |
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 Chile | |
| Name | Almirante Simpson |
| Namesake | Roberto Simpson Winthrop |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Cost | £67,000 |
| Laid down | 1895 |
| Launched | 1896 |
| Commissioned | 1897 |
| Decommissioned | 1907 |
| Fate | Transferred to Ecuador in 1907 |
 Ecuador | |
| Renamed | Libertador Bolívar |
| Namesake | Simón Bolívar |
| Acquired | 1907 |
| Commissioned | 1907 |
| Out of service | 1917 |
| Fate | Sank in the Guayas River in 1928 due to poor condition |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo gunboat |
| Displacement | 800 t / 858 t |
| Length | 73.15 m (240 ft) |
| Beam | 8.38 m (27.5 ft) |
| Draught | 4.27 m (14.0 ft) max |
| Depth | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
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| Speed | 21.5 knots (24.7 mph; 39.8 km/h) |
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Almirante Simpson was a unique design of torpedo gunboat, built by the British shipyard Laird Brothers. Acquired by the Chilean Navy in 1895, during construction. The ship had a brief service in Chile, being transferred to the Ecuadorian Navy in 1907 and renamed Libertador Bolívar. She was the first Ecuadorian warship of the 20th century and had an important participation in the Ecuadorian Civil War of 1913–1916. After the war, the ship was retired and then sank in 1928.