Pilcomayo
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History | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.