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[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)

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