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'PILCOMAYO' | ||
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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