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
Launched	14 April 1896
Commissioned	4 September 1896
Decommissioned	1930
Fate	Scrapped 1930
General characteristics
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.

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