Chilean transport Rímac
The sinking of Lautaro, formerly Rímac off Panama City in January 20, 1902 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rímac |
| Namesake | Rímac river |
| Operator | Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores |
| Builder | R. & J. Evans & Co. Liverpool |
| Yard number | 54 |
| Launched | November 16 1872 |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1874 |
| Fate | Lent to Chilean Navy in May 1879 |
| Chile | |
| Name | Rímac |
| Commissioned | May 1879 |
| Fate | Captured by the Peruvian Navy on 23 July 1879 |
| Perú | |
| Name | Rímac |
| Commissioned | 23 July 1879 |
| Fate | Scuttled on 17 January 1881 |
| Name | Rímac |
| Operator | Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores |
| Completed | Ship refloated in June 1881 by Chilean government |
| Acquired | $ 36,000 (auctioned) |
| Renamed | Lautaro on 5 September 1882 |
| Fate | lent to Conservative Party in Colombian Civil war 1902 |
| Colombia | |
| Name | Lautaro |
| Namesake | Lautaro |
| Fate | Sunk off Panama City on 20 January 1902 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1.805 tons. gruesas. 1.227 tons.registro |
| Length | 88.93 metres (291 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 340 hp (250 kW) |
| Propulsion | compound inverted built by Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Armament | 4 guns a 32 lbs |
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