Chilean cruiser Esmeralda (1896)

	Esmeralda
History
Chile
Name	Esmeralda
Namesake	Esmeralda (1791)
Ordered	15 May 1895
Builder	Armstrong Mitchell, Elswick
Laid down	4 July 1895
Launched	14 April 1896
Commissioned	4 September 1896
Decommissioned	1930
Fate	Scrapped 1930
General characteristics
Type	Armoured cruiser
Displacement	7,032 long tons (7,145 t)
Length	436 ft (132.89 m) (pp); 468 ft 3 in (142.72 m) oa;
Beam	52 ft 5 in (15.98 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power	6 cylindrical boilers; 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple expansion steam engines
Speed	22.25 knots (41.21 km/h; 25.60 mph)
Complement	513
Armament	2 × single 8 in (203 mm) guns; 16 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 8 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns; 10 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) guns; 3 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Harvey armor; Belt: 6 in (152 mm); Deck: 1.5–2 in (38–51 mm); Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm); Gunshields: 4.5 in (114 mm); Conning tower: 8 in (203 mm);

Esmeralda was developed as a custom design by naval architect Philip Watts for the Chilean Navy during the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race.

History
Esmeralda
Chile
Name	Esmeralda
Namesake	Esmeralda (1791)
Ordered	15 May 1895
Builder	Armstrong Mitchell, Elswick
Laid down	4 July 1895^[1]
Launched	14 April 1896^[1]
Commissioned	4 September 1896^[1]
Decommissioned	1930
Fate	Scrapped 1930
General characteristics ^[1]
Type	Armoured cruiser
Displacement	7,032 long tons (7,145 t)
Length	436 ft (132.89 m) (pp) 468 ft 3 in (142.72 m) oa
Beam	52 ft 5 in (15.98 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power	6 cylindrical boilers 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple expansion steam engines
Speed	22.25 knots (41.21 km/h; 25.60 mph)
Complement	513
Armament	2 × single 8 in (203 mm) guns 16 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 8 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns 10 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) guns 3 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Harvey armor Belt: 6 in (152 mm) Deck: 1.5–2 in (38–51 mm) Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm) Gunshields: 4.5 in (114 mm) Conning tower: 8 in (203 mm)