Chilean barquentine Esmeralda
Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted brigantine-schooner tall ship of the Chilean Navy.
Esmeralda in Pearl Harbor, 2006 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Chile | |
| Name | Esmeralda |
| Operator | Chilean Navy |
| Laid down | 1946 |
| Launched | May 12, 1953 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | La Dama Blanca (The White Lady) |
| Status | Training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Juan Sebastian Elcano Class |
| Displacement | 3754 tons |
| Length | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Beam | 13.11 m (43.0 ft) |
| Height | 48.5 m (159 ft) |
| Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Sail plan | four-masted brigantine-schooner; 21 sails, total sail area of 2,870 m² (30,892 sq. ft.) |
| Speed | max 13 knots engine, 17.5 knots sail |
| Complement | 300 sailors, 90 midshipmen |
| Armament | 4 × 57 mm ceremonial gun mounts |
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