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Chilean cruiser Blanco Encalada

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Protected cruiser Blanco Encalada in 1918
History
Chile
NameBlanco Encalada
NamesakeManuel Blanco Encalada
Ordered1892
BuilderArmstrong Mitchell and Co. Ltd, Elswick
Launched1893
Commissioned1895
Decommissioned1940
FateSold in 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeDesign "Yoshino" by Philip Watts (naval architect)
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement4,420
Length370 feet (110 m)
Beam47 feet (14 m)
Draft20.5 feet (6.2 m)
Propulsion14.500 IHP
Speed22.8 kn
Complement427 men
Armament

The protected cruiser Blanco Encalada was purchased by the Chilean Government for £333,500 during the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. She was the second ship named Blanco Encalada. (The previous ship was the armored frigate Blanco Encalada sunk in the 1891 Chilean Civil War).

In December 1906 she was involved in the repression of the workers movement in the Saltpeter mines, railroads and harbour in Antofagasta.[1]

On 17 December 1907 she brought troops from Arica to Iquique to repress thousands of miners from different nitrate mines in Chile's north to appeal for government intervention to improve their living and working conditions. These troops committed the Santa María School massacre.[2]: 340 

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References

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  1. ^ Luis Vitale, Intervenciones militares y poder fáctico en la política chilena, de 1830 al 2.000, Santiago, 2000
  2. ^ Carlos López Urrutia (1969). Historia de la Marina de Chile. Andres Bello. GGKEY:9XDHU6QU6DA. Retrieved 9 January 2013.