Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada
Blanco Encalada was an armored frigate built by Earle's Shipbuilding Co. in England for the Chilean Navy in 1875. She was nicknamed El Blanco. She participated actively in the War of the Pacific, her most important action being the capture of the Peruvian monitor Huáscar during the Battle of Angamos. Blanco Encalada formed part of the congressional forces that brought down President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War of 1891. She was sunk during that conflict on 23 April 1891, becoming the first warship to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo.
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Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada
Blanco Encalada was an armored frigate built by Earle's Shipbuilding Co. in England for the Chilean Navy in 1875. She was nicknamed El Blanco. She participated actively in the War of the Pacific, her most important action being the capture of the Peruvian monitor Huáscar during the Battle of Angamos. Blanco Encalada formed part of the congressional forces that brought down President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War of 1891. She was sunk during that conflict on 23 April 1891, becoming the first warship to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo.
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Blanco Encalada was an armored ...... k by a self-propelled torpedo.
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Blanco Encalada é uma fragata ...... o por um torpedo de propulsão.
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La Blanco Encalada era una fre ...... ondata da un siluro semovente.
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La fragata blindada Blanco Enc ...... por un torpedo autopropulsado.
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1.40208e+1
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1875-05-08
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Sunk by torpedo, 23 April 1891
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Ship armament
*6 × muzzle-loading rifles
*1 × 20-pounder gun
*1 × 9-pounder gun
*1 × 7-pounder gun
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Ship propulsion
*2 shafts, 2 Trunk steam engines
*6 cylindrical boilers
Ship renamed
Blanco Encalada
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Blanco Encalada was an armored ...... k by a self-propelled torpedo.
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Blanco Encalada é uma fragata ...... o por um torpedo de propulsão.
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La Blanco Encalada era una fre ...... ondata da un siluro semovente.
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La fragata blindada Blanco Enc ...... por un torpedo autopropulsado.
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Blanco Encalada
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Blanco Encalada
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Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada
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Fragata blindada Blanco Encalada
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Valparaíso
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