Chilean corvette Abtao

Chilean corvette Abtao
History
Chilean EnsignChile
NameAbtao
NamesakeBattle of Abtao
Orderedby the Confederate States Navy
BuilderDennis Brothers, Scotland
Launched29 October 1863
Commissioned1 June 1867
Decommissioned1922
Renamedex Texas, Cyclone
Honours and
awards
Naval Campaign of the War of the Pacific
General characteristics
Displacement1600 t
Length211 ft 6 in (64.47 m)
Beam12.7 m (42 ft)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power800 ihp (600 kW)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew200
Armament1 × 5.8" and 4 × 4.7" guns

The corvette Abtao was a wooden ship built in Scotland during 1864 of 1.600 tons and 800 IHP.[1] She fought in the War of the Pacific and was in service for the Chilean Navy until 1922.

  1. ^ There are some differences between the data given by Carlos Urrutia Lopez, "Historia de la Marina de Chile", Editorial Andrés Bello, 1969, page 406, url and the data from the Chilean Navy website Abtao, corbeta (1º) Archived December 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine