For other ships with the same name, see Argentinian ship ARA Pilcomayo (1874).
Pilcomayo
History
Peru
Name
Pilcomayo
Ordered
March 1872
Builder
Money Wigram and Sons, Blackwall, England
Laid down
1873
Launched
1874
Commissioned
1874
Captured
Captured by Chile at the Tocopilla, 18 November 1879
Chile
Decommissioned
1909
General characteristics
Type
corvette
Displacement
600 long tons (610 t)
Length
52.12 m (171 ft 0 in)
Beam
8.35 m (27 ft 5 in)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Installed power
1080 HP at 10,0 knots
Propulsion
On steam
1 horizontally placed reciprocating steam engine John Penn & Sons.
1 × retractile screw
On sail
Sail plan
Three masts Barque square-rigged
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range
1836 nmiles at 9,0 knots
Complement
130
Armament
2 × 70 pounds Armstrong gun
4 × 40 pounds Armstrong guns
1 × .44 cal Gatling gun
Armoured ram bow
The Pilcomayo was originally a Peruvian gunboat involved in several actions during the War of the Pacific. Captured by the Chilean navy on November 18, 1879, it was repaired and participated in the blockade of the Peruvian ports. After the war it was used for hydrographic research, then as a training ship. In service until 1909, it was finally used as a pontoon at Talcahuano.
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