Category: Chilean Navy

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: July 31, 2023
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CNS O’Higgins (1897)

CNS O’Higgins Armada de Chile – Armoured Cruiser, 1894-1958 CNS O’Higgins, was Chile’s largest cruiser before the cold war. The…

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: July 30, 2023
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Ministro Zenteno (1896)

CNS Ministro Zenteno Armada de Chile – 1894-96 CNS Ministro Zenteno (1894). Another landmark of the Chile-Argentina naval arms race….

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: June 30, 2023
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Blanco Encalada (1892)

Blanco Encalada Protected Cruiser (1892) Chile (1892-1938) Concluding this month with the Chile-Argentina naval arms race’s Chilean answer: Blanco Encalada….

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: June 15, 2023
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Presidente Pinto class cruisers

Presidente Pinto class cruisers Armada de Chile (1889-1942): Pdt. Errazuriz, Pdt. Pinto The Presidente Pinto (Or Errazuriz class) were two…

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: June 10, 2023
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Capitán Prat (1890)

Battleship Capitán Prat Armada de Chile (1889-1942) The first modern Chilean Ironclad: Capitán Prat was one of the reasons behind…

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: May 30, 2022
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Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898)

Chacabuco (1898) Armada de Chile – 1897-1902 The longest-living cruiser of South America Chacabuco was a 1890s British-designed protected cruiser…

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: January 16, 2020
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Esmeralda (1896)

CNS Esmeralda Armada de Chile – 1895-1930 The largest Chilean cruiser of WW1: Esmeralda – The previous Cruiser Esmeralda, a…

Author: dreadnaughtz Published Date: July 4, 2019
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Almirante Latorre class battleships

Almirante Latorre class battleships Almirante Latorre, Almirante Cochrane (1916) The Roots of local naval rivalry Last of the “dreadnought race”:…