Destroyed after it ran aground during the Battle of Punta Gruesa, 21 May 1879
General characteristics (as built)
Type
Broadside ironclad
Displacement
3,500 long tons (3,600 t)
Length
215 ft (65.5 m) (p/p)
Beam
44 ft 9 in (13.6 m)
Draught
21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power
2,200 ihp (1,600 kW)
Propulsion
1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine
Sail plan
Barque-rigged
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
250
Armament
Armament in 1866:
2 Armstrong × 7-inch (178 mm) rifled, muzzle-loading guns of 150 pounds on the main deck
12 Armstrong × 6-inch (152 mm) rifled of 70 pounds, muzzle-loading guns on the gun deck
4 × 32-pounder rifled, muzzle-loading guns
4 × 9-pounder guns for its boats
Armament in 1879:
1 Vavassuer × 250-pounder on the main deck
1 Parrot × 150-pounder on the main deck
2 Armstrong 7-inch (178 mm) rifled, muzzle-loading guns of 150 pounds in the bow
12 Armstrong × 6-inch (152 mm) rifled of 70 pounds, muzzle-loading guns on the gun deck
2 × 9-pounder guns for its boats
2 × 0.44 cal Gatling gun
Armor
Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm)
Battery: 4.5 in (114 mm)
BAP Independencia was a broadside ironclad built in England for the Peruvian Navy during the mid-1860s. During the War of the Pacific of 1879–83, Independencia ran aground while pursuing the Chilean schooner Covadonga during the Battle of Punta Gruesa on 21 May 1879. The survivors were rescued by Huáscar and the wreck destroyed to prevent its capture.
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