Name General Baquedano Commissioned 22 August 1899 Displacement 2500 t Length 73 m | Namesake Manuel Baquedano Decommissioned 15 December 1959 Launched 5 July 1898 Builder Armstrong Whitworth | |
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Notes Also known as La chancha | ||
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.
From 1922 to 1926 she was refitted in Talcahuano. She continued to serve as training ship until 1935.
In the literature
Francisco Coloane wrote the novel El último grumete de la Baquedano (The last ship boy of the Baquedano).
References
Chilean corvette Baquedano (1898) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA