The armored cruiser O'Higgins is a cruiser of the Chilean fleet of the late 19th century. Built in the UK in a single copy. Named after the national hero of Chile : Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme . Served as the basis for the design of cruisers such as "Asama" .
| "O'Higgins" | |
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| isp. O'higgins | |
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| Service | |
 Chile | |
| Ship class and type | Armored cruiser |
| Manufacturer | |
| Launched | May 7, 1897 |
| Commissioned | April 2, 1898 |
| Removed from the fleet | 1926 |
| Status | Sold for scrap |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 8500 t |
| Length | 125.5 m |
| Width | 19.1 m |
| Draft | 6.7 m |
| Booking | belt - 127 ... 178 mm deck - 31 ... 51 mm (on the bevels - 37 ... 76 mm) towers of the main caliber - 127 ... 178 mm medium caliber towers - 127 ... 152 mm casemates - 127 ... 152 mm conning tower - 229 mm |
| Engines | 2 triple-expansion steam engines , 30 Belleville steam boilers |
| Power | 16 250 l. with. (11.95 MW ) |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Travel speed | 21.6 knots (40 km / h ) |
| Crew | 315-402 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 4 × 1 - 203 mm / 40, 10 × 1 - 152 mm / 40, 4 × 1 - 120 mm / 45, 10 × 1 - 76 mm, 10 × 1 - 57 mm |
| Mine-torpedo armament | 3 × 1 - 450 mm torpedo tubes |
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Design and construction
Construction
The cruiser, like the battleship Captain Prat , had a rhombic arrangement of four main-caliber guns. The airborne towers were particularly vulnerable to shell explosions beneath them and were the cruiser’s most distinct “birthmark”. The cruiser was 1,500 tons larger than the Esmeralda and carried more impressive protection: the belt thickness reached 180 mm, the armor deck 50 mm in the flat part and 75 mm on the bevel. The number of 6 "guns was reduced to 10, six of them were placed in separate casemates under the upper deck, which cannot be considered particularly successful, and four6" guns were located on the upper deck along the sides in separate towers in the middle and stern.
Project Evaluation
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Literature
- Yu. Yu. Nenakhov. Encyclopedia of Cruisers 1860–1910. - M: AST, 2006. - ISBN 5-17-030194-4 .
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. - ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .