An item reported the French firm Société des forges etc Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France asked for tenders for guns to arm the Chilean battleship Capitan Prat, included from the British firm Armstrong and the German firm Krupp. Her machinery was delivered by Menpenti, Marseille, France and the guns and mountings made at Le Havre, France [The shipyard founded herself an important gun factory at Le Havre with as director Canet]. The Capitan Prat was to be armed with 4-25cm Canet guns with a gun barrel weighing 23,3 tons, weight projectile 170 kilo and 700 metres start speed while fired of the projectile, 8-12cm Canet quick firing guns with a gun barrel weighing 2,9 tons, projectile weight 21 kilo and start speed of 700 metres, 4-5,7cm Hotchkiss guns, 4-4,7cm Hotchkiss guns, 5-1,1cm Gatling guns and 4 Canet torpedo tubes.
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1. Building ordered on 18 April 1889, laid down at the yard of Forges& Chantiers de la Med., La Seyne, France in 1889, launched on 20 December 1890, delivered in May 1893, rebuild in 1909-1910 (including raising of the two funnels) and since 1931 until around 1935 apparently used as a submarine depot ship, disarmed becoming an engineers training ship and sold to be broken up in 1942.
