Chilean cruiser Presidente Pinto (1890)
.jpg) Chilean cruiser Presidente Pinto in a postcard | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Presidente Pinto |
| Namesake: | Aníbal Pinto Garmendia |
| Ordered: | 1887 |
| Builder: | Forges et Chantiers |
| Launched: | 1890 |
| Commissioned: | 1 January 1892 |
| Fate: | Sunk near Quellón on 26 May 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,047 t |
| Length: | 268 feet 4 inches (81.79 m) |
| Beam: | 10.896 m |
| Draught: | 14 feet 5 inches (4.39 m) |
| Propulsion: | 5,400 IHP |
| Speed: | 18.35 kn |
| Range: | 400 t bunkerage |
| Armament: | 2 x 4.7"/36 4 x 5.9"/36 2 Gatling maschine guns 3 x 14" Torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Deck: 2 1/4 in Casemate: 3 1/4 in |
Presidente Pinto was built, like her sister ship, the protected cruiser Presidente Errázuriz, in France supervised by Juan José Latorre. They were ordered in 1887 by President José Manuel Balmaceda before the beginning of the 1891 Chilean Civil War.
During the war lay in French dockyards (incomplete) the most powerful vessels of the navy, the Pre-dreadnought battleship Prat (1890), and the two fast cruisers Pinto and Errázuriz. If these were secured by the Balmacedists the naval supremacy of the congress would be seriously challenged. The congressional forces formally requested that the ships be detained.
Neither of the three ships were involved in the Civil War.
The Pinto was launched and sailed to Chile on 5 August 1891, before having been completed. The boxes with her artillery were taken from an English merchant in the North Sea.
Her voyage to Chile saw some trouble: return to Le Havre in order to pick up the complete unprepared crew and insubordination of the crew. She arrived to Valparaíso in September 1892, too late for her to participate in the Civil War.
The engines had to be repaired because of the improper conditioning during the voyage to Chile.
In 1902, during the Thousand Days' War, the Columbian Government tried unsuccessful to purchase the Pinto.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Ricardo García Bernal, Operaciones Navales en la Guerra Civil de los "Mil días" y la separación de Panamá, retrieved on 8 January 2013
External links
- Chilean Navy website, Crucero Presidente Pinto
- Presidente Pinto covered by "Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905"