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| Built by: | Money Wigram & Son's, at Blackwall. |
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| Launched: | 1874 |
| Tonnage: | 600 |
| Length: | 181' 9" |
| Breadth: | 24' 6" |
| Depth: | 11' 6" |
| Machinery: | John Penn & Co. 180 hp. 1 shaft. 1080 ihp. 11 knots. |
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| Built of: | Wood |
| Type: | B.A.P. (Bugue Armada Peruana) corvette. |
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| Built for: | Peruvian Government. |
| Other info: | Armament 2 x 70 pdr cannons - 4 x 40 pdr & 4 x 12 pdr cannons Its name should have been 'Putumayo', but by error of the builders 'Pilcomayo' was painted on her. Specially destined to hydrographic work, also school for navel cadets. |
| History: | 1874. Commissioned. 1875. Arrived at Callao. 18th November 1879. Captured by armored the Chilean ‘Target’, at the north of Ariea. 1891. During the Civel War remained in Buenos Aires. 1910. Discarded. |
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