![]() Independencia in 1866
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Name | Independencia |
Ordered | 1 March 1864 |
Builder | Samuda Brothers, Poplar, London |
Laid down | 1864 |
Launched | 8 August 1865 |
Completed | December 1866 |
Fate | Destroyed after it ran aground during the Battle of Punta Gruesa, 21 May 1879 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Broadside ironclad |
Displacement | 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) |
Length | 215 ft (65.5 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 44 ft 9 in (13.6 m) |
Draught | 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m) |
Installed power | 2,200 ihp (1,600 kW) |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine |
Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 250 |
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BAP Independencia was a broadside ironclad built in England for the Peruvian Navy during the mid-1860s. During the War of the Pacific of 1879–83, Independencia ran aground while pursuing the Chilean schooner Covadonga during the Battle of Punta Gruesa on 21 May 1879. The survivors were rescued by Huáscar and the wreck destroyed to prevent its capture.