Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898)

	Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, 1898
History
Chile
Name	Chacabuco
Namesake	Battle of Chacabuco
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Launched	4 July 1898
Acquired	1902
Out of service	December 1950
Stricken	15 December 1959
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	4,160 long tons (4,230 t)
Length	360 ft (109.7 m)
Beam	46 ft 6 in (14.2 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	15,700 ihp (11,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion steam engines; cylindrical boilers;
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement	400
Armament	2 × 1 - 8-inch (203 mm) guns; 10 × 1 - 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 12 × 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) guns; 6 × 1 - 3-pounder guns; 3 × 1 - 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 1.75–4.5 in (44–114 mm); Main gun shields: 4.5 in (114 mm); Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm);

The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. Built at the end of the 19th Century, the Chacabuco had a remarkably long and varied career spanning nearly half a century.

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