Chilean destroyer Serrano (1896)
.jpg) Chilean destroyer Teniente Serrano in a postcard of the shipyard | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Teniente Serrano |
| Ordered: | 1895 |
| Builder: | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England |
| Cost: | ₤ 55.400 |
| Launched: | 1896 |
| Commissioned: | 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 311 t |
| Length: | 64.9 m (pp) |
| Beam: | 6.55 m |
| Draught: | 1.79 m |
| Propulsion: | 6,250 HP, VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
| Speed: | 30 kn |
| Complement: | 65 |
| Armament: | 1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong 5 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss 2 x 1 - 450 Torpedo Tubes |
In 1895 the Chilean Government ordered four destroyers from the Laird Brothers shipyard: Teniente Serrano, Capitán Orella, Capitán Muñoz Gamero and Guardiamarina Riquelme (later Lientur). They all were commissioned in 1896.
They were steel-hulled torpedo boat destroyers with a turtleback forecastle and four funnels. These ships were, when built, the most advanced ships of their type in Latin America, closely related to contemporary British destroyers. On trials the vessels made 30.1-30.42 kn on 6313-6398hp.
See also
- Serrano class destroyer which served with Chilean Navy from 1928 to 1967 (Not to be confused with)
- South American dreadnought race
- List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy
References
External links
- Navypedia, Orella
- Chilean Navy website, Destructor Serrano (1896)