Chilean cruiser Ministro Zenteno (1896)
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| Career (Chile) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Ministro Zenteno |
| Namesake: | José Ignacio Zenteno |
| Ordered: | by Brasil |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Mitchell and Company |
| Cost: | ₤ 265,000 |
| Laid down: | 1895 |
| Launched: | 1 January 1896 |
| Decommissioned: | 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Protected cruiser [1] |
| Displacement: | 3,437 tons |
| Length: | 100.6 m pp |
| Beam: | 13.3 m |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Installed power: | 7,500 |
| Propulsion: | VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Speed: | 20.2 kn |
| Range: | 850 t |
| Armament: | 8 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 Torpedo Tubes (1 bow, 2 beam) |
| Armor: | steel; deck: 32 mm with 89mm slopes, CT: 102 |
Ministro Zenteno was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy.
Service history
Ministro Zenteno was laid down in 1895 for the Brazilian Navy, but was sold in August 1895 to the Chilean government.[2] The ship was launched in 1896. It was one of four protected cruisers ordered by Brazil, but they eventually acquired only Almirante Barroso due to financial difficulties. The sister ships Amazonas, later USS New Orleans, Almirante Abreu, later Albany were purchased by the US Navy.
Ministro Zenteno attended the Pan-American Conference in Mexico in 1901.
In 1907 she sailed off Valparaíso for a training cruise bound for Punta Arenas, Bahía, La Guaira, Bermudas, Hampton Roads, Annapolis, Newport, Plymouth, Brest, El Ferrol, Lisboa, Argel, Malta, Spezia, Genova, Barcelona, Cartagena, Gibraltar, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Río de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Puerto Madryn, Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt, Talcahuano, and back to Valparaíso on 8 December 1907.
Endnotes
See also
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Media related to Category:Chilean cruiser Ministro Zenteno (1896) at Wikimedia Commons - South American dreadnought race
- List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy
References
- Scheina, Robert L. Latin America: A Naval History, 1810–1987. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87021-295-8. OCLC 15696006.
External links
- Chilean Navy website Crucero Ministro Zenteno
- Spanish newspaper Blanco y Negro on 14 September 1907 about the visit of the Ministro Zenteno in Barcelona on 5 February 1907
- Navypedia, Ministro Zenteno
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