An item reported that at the end of 1872 the Chilean navy consisted of the corvettes O’Higgins, 200hp, 4-40pd and 3-115pd Armstrong guns (1), Chacabuco, 200hp, 4-40pd and 3-115pd Armstrong guns !) and Esmeralda, 200hp, 8-40pd Armstrong guns (3), goelette Covadonga, 140hp, 2-70pd Armstrong guns 41), steamships Ancud (120hp), Independencia (120hp), Valdivia (300hp) and pontoon Thalabe. The Chilean minister of navy Anibal Pinto (5) stated that the cabinet was interested in purchasing in England two armoured ships (6) and 1 steamship for service in the Magellan colony.(7)
Notes
1. Launched by Ravenhill, London, England in 1866, commissioned in 1868, decommissioned in 1895 and used as a pontoon until 1905. Her horsepower was 1.200 hp and the armament consisted of 3-7” Armstrong guns, 2-70pd guns and 4-40pd guns.
2. Launched by Ravenhill, London, England in 1866, commissioned in 1868, and broken up in 1895. Her horsepower was 1.200 hp and the armament consisted of 3-7” Armstrong guns, 2-70pd guns and 4-40pd guns.
3. Building ordered on 30 June 1853, awarded on 23 October 1854, laid down by William Pitcher, Northfleet, England in December 1854, launched on 26 June 1855, commissioned on 18 September 1855 and sunk in the Battle of Iquique by the Peruvian ironclad Huascar on 21 May 1879. Her original armament of 20-32pd long guns and 2-12pd guns was by 1868 replaced by 12-40pd rifled Armstrong guns 4-40pd smoothbore Whitworth guns.
4. Ordered on 10 June 1857, laid down by the Arsenal de la Carrara shipyard, Cadiz, Spain as the steam schooner Virgen de Covadonga for the Spanish navy on 13 February 1858, launched on 28 November 1859, commissioned on 8 October 1859, captured by the Chilean navy in the Battle of Papudo on 26 November 1865, commissioned as the Covadonga in the Chilean navy and lost when striking a mine in Chancay, Peru on 13 September 1880.
5. Anibal Pinto Garmenia (15 March 1825 Santiago, Chile-9 June 1884 Valparaiso, Chile), president of Chine 1876-1881, became in 1871 minister of war and navy.
6. The armoured frigates Almirante Cochrane and Almirante Blanco Encalada (laid down as Valparaiso), both laid down in 1873 by Earle’s Shipbuilding Co., Hull, England).
7. The Magallanes Regio or officially the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region. Probably the composite steam gunboat Magallanes bought in England.
Notes
1. Launched by Ravenhill, London, England in 1866, commissioned in 1868, decommissioned in 1895 and used as a pontoon until 1905. Her horsepower was 1.200 hp and the armament consisted of 3-7” Armstrong guns, 2-70pd guns and 4-40pd guns.
2. Launched by Ravenhill, London, England in 1866, commissioned in 1868, and broken up in 1895. Her horsepower was 1.200 hp and the armament consisted of 3-7” Armstrong guns, 2-70pd guns and 4-40pd guns.
3. Building ordered on 30 June 1853, awarded on 23 October 1854, laid down by William Pitcher, Northfleet, England in December 1854, launched on 26 June 1855, commissioned on 18 September 1855 and sunk in the Battle of Iquique by the Peruvian ironclad Huascar on 21 May 1879. Her original armament of 20-32pd long guns and 2-12pd guns was by 1868 replaced by 12-40pd rifled Armstrong guns 4-40pd smoothbore Whitworth guns.
4. Ordered on 10 June 1857, laid down by the Arsenal de la Carrara shipyard, Cadiz, Spain as the steam schooner Virgen de Covadonga for the Spanish navy on 13 February 1858, launched on 28 November 1859, commissioned on 8 October 1859, captured by the Chilean navy in the Battle of Papudo on 26 November 1865, commissioned as the Covadonga in the Chilean navy and lost when striking a mine in Chancay, Peru on 13 September 1880.
5. Anibal Pinto Garmenia (15 March 1825 Santiago, Chile-9 June 1884 Valparaiso, Chile), president of Chine 1876-1881, became in 1871 minister of war and navy.
6. The armoured frigates Almirante Cochrane and Almirante Blanco Encalada (laid down as Valparaiso), both laid down in 1873 by Earle’s Shipbuilding Co., Hull, England).
7. The Magallanes Regio or officially the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region. Probably the composite steam gunboat Magallanes bought in England.
