Huáscar (ironclad)

	Huáscar in 1903
History
Peru
Name	Huáscar
Ordered	4 August 1864
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England
Launched	7 October 1865
Commissioned	8 November 1866
Captured	Captured by Chile at the Battle of Angamos, 8 October 1879
Chile
Acquired	8 October 1879
Decommissioned	1897
Reinstated	1934
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Type	Ironclad turret ship
Displacement	1,870 long tons (1,900 t)
Length	66.9 m (219 ft 6 in)
Beam	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Installed power	1,650 ihp (1,230 kW); 4 × boilers;
Propulsion	1 × screw; 1 × Horizontal-return connecting rod-steam engine
Sail plan	Brig-rigged
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	170
Armament	2 × 10-inch (254 mm), 300 lb (136 kg) Armstrong guns in a single Coles turret; 2 × 4.7-inch (120 mm), 40 lb (18 kg) Armstrong guns; 1 × 12-pounder guns; 1 × .44 cal Gatling gun; Armoured ram bow;
Armour	Belt: 2.5–4.5 in (64–114 mm); Gun turrets: 5.5–7.5 in (140–191 mm); Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm); Deck: 2 in (51 mm);

Huáscar is an ironclad turret ship owned by the Chilean Navy built in 1865 for the Peruvian government. It is named after the 16th-century Inca emperor, Huáscar. She was the flagship of the Peruvian Navy and participated in the Battle of Pacocha and the War of the Pacific of 1879–1883. At the Battle of Angamos, Huáscar, captained by renowned Peruvian naval officer Miguel Grau Seminario, was captured by the Chilean fleet and commissioned into the Chilean Navy.

Today Huáscar is one of the few surviving ships of her type. She has been restored and is a memorial ship anchored in Talcahuano, Chile. Huáscar is the second oldest armored warship afloat after Warrior, and the oldest monitor afloat.

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