Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada

Blanco Encalada
History
Chile
NameValparaíso
NamesakeManuel Blanco Encalada
BuilderEarle's Shipbuilding Co., Hull
Laid down1873
Launched8 May 1875
Completed1875
RenamedBlanco Encalada (1876)
FateSunk by torpedo, 23 April 1891
General characteristics
Class and typeAlmirante Cochrane-class central 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
Armour

Blanco Encalada was a central battery ship built by Earle's Shipbuilding Co. in England for the Chilean Navy in 1875. She was nicknamed El Blanco. She participated actively in the War of the Pacific, her most important action being the capture of the Peruvian monitor Huáscar during the Battle of Angamos.

Blanco Encalada formed part of the congressional forces that brought down President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War of 1891. She was sunk during that conflict on 23 April 1891, becoming the first ironclad warship to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Blanco Encalada, fragata blindada (1º)" (in Spanish). Armada de Chile. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. ^ Stem, Robert. Destroyer Battles: Epics of Naval Close Combat, p. 22. Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN 1473813565. (online)