Peruvian gunboat Pilcomayo

Pilcomayo
History
Peru
Name	Pilcomayo
Ordered	March 1872
Builder	Money Wigram and Sons, Blackwall, England
Laid down	1873
Launched	1874
Commissioned	1874
Captured	Captured by Chile at the Tocopilla, 18 November 1879
Chile
Decommissioned	1909
General characteristics
Type	corvette
Displacement	600 long tons (610 t)
Length	52.12 m (171 ft 0 in)
Beam	8.35 m (27 ft 5 in)
Draught	3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Installed power	1080 HP at 10,0 knots
Propulsion	On steam 1 horizontally placed reciprocating steam engine John Penn & Sons. 1 × retractile screw On sail
Sail plan	Three masts Barque square-rigged
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range	1836 nmiles at 9,0 knots
Complement	130
Armament	2 × 70 pounds Armstrong gun 4 × 40 pounds Armstrong guns 1 × .44 cal Gatling gun Armoured ram bow

The Pilcomayo was a gunboat of the Peruvian Navy which was involved in several actions during the War of the Pacific. Captured by the Chilean Navy on November 18, 1879, she was repaired and participated in the blockade of the Peruvian ports. After the war it was used for hydrographic research, then as a training ship. In service until 1909, Pilcomayo was finally used as a pontoon at Talcahuano.