Colo Colo is a historic tugboat of the Chilean Navy built in Scotland for Chile in 1931.[1] She was a steamship until she was reconditioned in 1971,[2] at which time she was re-engined as a motor vessel.[1] She spent her service career in southern Chile.[2]
History | |
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Chile | |
Name | Colo Colo |
Namesake | Colo Colo |
Operator | Chilean Navy |
Ordered | 1929[2] |
Builder | Bow, McLachlan & Co,[1] Paisley, Scotland |
Yard number | 494[1] |
Launched | 1931[1] |
In service | 1931[1] |
Identification | ATA 73 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Type | tugboat[1] |
Tonnage | 361 tons GRT[1] |
Displacement | 760 tons displacement[1] |
Length | 126.5 ft (38.6 m)[1] |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m)[1] |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m)[1] |
Installed power | 1050 IHP diesel (since 1971)[1] |
Propulsion | screw[1] |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h)[1] |
Armament | One 3 in (76 mm) cannon; two 20mm machine guns[2] |
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In 1987 she was withdrawn from service and preserved at the Chilean Navy Museum at Punta Arenas.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Cameron, Stuart; Asprey, David. "SS Colo Colo". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d "Colo Colo, remolcador (4to)". Armada de Chile. 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Flickrforsalaryman". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2017.