Presidente Pinto was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. She was built, like her sister ship, the protected cruiser , in France supervised by Juan José Latorre. The ships were ordered in 1887 by President José Manuel Balmaceda before the beginning of the 1891 Chilean Civil War. Presidente Pinto was launched and sailed to Chile on 5 August 1891, before having been completed. Her artillery was supplied from an English merchant in the North Sea while transiting to Chile. The engines had to be repaired because of the improper conditioning during the voyage to Chile.