Chilean corvette General Baquedano

General Baquedano was the first training ship of the Chilean Navy ordered specifically for this purpose. She replaced in this function the old Abtao and Pilcomayo.

Corvette Baquedano
History
Chile
NameGeneral Baquedano
NamesakeManuel Baquedano
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth
Launched5 July 1898
Commissioned22 August 1899
Decommissioned15 December 1959
NotesAlso known as La chancha
General characteristics
Displacement2500 t
Length240 ft (73.2 m)
Depth18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion1,500 HP, Belleville boiler
Sail plancorvette
Speed13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph)
Crew333
Baquedano by Christopher Rave

From 1922 to 1926 she was refitted in Talcahuano. She continued to serve as training ship until 1935.

In the literature

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Francisco Coloane wrote the novel El último grumete de la Baquedano (The last deckboy of the Baquedano).

 
The crew of the General Baquedano while on a visit to Sydney, July 1931

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