Chilean tug Colo Colo (1931)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Colo Colo |
| Namesake: | Colo Colo |
| Operator: | Chilean Navy |
| Ordered: | 1929[1] |
| Builder: | Bow, McLachlan & Co,[2] Paisley, Scotland |
| Yard number: | 494[2] |
| Launched: | 1931[2] |
| In service: | 1931[2] |
| Identification: | ATA 73 |
| Status: | preserved |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | tugboat[2] |
| Tonnage: | 361 tons GRT[2] |
| Displacement: | 760 tons displacement[2] |
| Length: | 126.5 ft (38.6 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m)[2] |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m)[2] |
| Installed power: | 1050 IHP diesel (since 1971)[2] |
| Propulsion: | screw[2] |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h)[2] |
| Armament: | One 3 in (76 mm) cannon; two 20mm machine guns[1] |
Colo Colo is an historic tugboat of the Chilean Navy built in Scotland for Chile in 1931.[2] She was a steamship until she was reconditioned in 1971,[1] at which time she was re-engined as a motor vessel.[2] She spent her service career in southern Chile.[1]
During the Chilean naval mutiny of 1931 she chased the Chilean submarine Rucumilla near the Quiriquina Island.[3]
In 1987 she was withdrawn from service and preserved at the Chilean Navy Museum at Punta Arenas.[2]