Chilean ironclad Almirante Cochrane

Chilean battery Cochrane
History
Chile
NameAlmirante Cochrane
BuilderEarle's Shipbuilding Co., Hull
Cost2,000,000 pesos
Laid down1873
Launched23 January 1874
CompletedDecember 1874
Decommissioned1933
Out of service1908
Reclassifiedas training ship, 1898
FateScrapped 1934
General characteristics
Class and typeAlmirante Cochrane-class ironclad
TypeCentral battery ship
Displacement3,480 long tons (3,540 t)
Length210 ft (64.0 m)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draught19 ft 8 in (6.0 m)
Installed power3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion
Sail planBarque rig
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement300
Armament
  • in 1879:
  • 6 × 9 in (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
  • 1 × 20-pounder gun
  • 1 × 9-pounder gun
  • 1 × 7-pounder gun
  • 1 × 1-inch (25 mm) Nordenfeldt machine gun
Armor

Almirante Cochrane was a central battery ship of the Chilean Navy in the late nineteenth century. She was built, like her twin, Blanco Encalada, in the UK in 1875. She participated in the War of the Pacific, with her most prominent action being her victory over the Peruvian turret ram Huáscar in the Angamos naval battle. Almirante Cochrane was part of the forces that defeated President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War of 1891.

The ship was named after Thomas Cochrane, a British naval officer who served as the first Vice Admiral of Chile, leading the Chilean Navy during the War of Independence.