O`Higgins 1905
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| O`Higgins | Armstrong, Newcastle, UK | 4/4/1896 | 17/5/1897 | 2/4/1898 | stricken 1958 |
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Displacement normal, t |
8500 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
125.5 pp 135.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
19.1 |
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Draught, m |
6.70 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 30 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
16000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1200 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4580(8) |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey nickel; belt: 178 - 127, protective deck: 51 - 38 with 76 - 38 slopes, main turrets: 178 - 127, secondary turrets and casemates: 152 - 127, CT: 229 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 203/40 Armstrong T, 10 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong Z, 4 x 1 - 120/45 Armstrong, 10 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) |
|
Complement |
500 |
Ship project history: In September, 1895 Chilean Government declared the tender for building of 7300t cruiser, protected by 178mm belt from Harvey steel and armed by 2 203mm and 10 152mm guns. Designers of Armstrong under the guidance of P. Watts developed 6 variants of a basic design with various arrangement of artillery and boilers type. The order was given out in March, 1896
As a whole she was a successful project for the time, served as prototype at creation of Japanese cruisers of Asama class. Hull was wood- and copper-sheathed. Ship differed by atypical for ritish shipbuilding rhombic arrangement of artillery. 203mm/40 guns were installed in single turrets: two on bow and stern and two aside between fwd superstructure and first funnel. From ten 152mm/40 guns four took places also in single turrets, remaining in casemates on battery deck. Machinery included 30 water-tube boilers grouped on 10 in three rooms. On trials with Chilean stockers ship has not reached designed capacity, nevertheless 20kts contract speed has been significantly exceeded: the result was 21.48kts at 15930hp.
Ship protection: 79.2m-long belt was 2.1m-deep and was 178mm thick over the engine and boiler rooms and 152mm fore and aft. There was a complete protective deck, 38mm-thick behind the belt and 76-51mm-thick at the ends.
Modernizations: (1919-1920): - 4 x 1 - 120/45, 10 x 1 - 57/40; + 3 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong AA
Naval service: Since 1933 O`Higgins did not go out to sea, but within 24 years she served as command ship. She was stricken in 1958, but sold for scrap only 5/6/1964.
O`Higgins 1900
O`Higgins 1933
© Ivan Gogin, 2011