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Chilean training ship General Baquedano at speed
Corvette Baquedano
Career (Chile) Flag of Chile
Name: General Baquedano
Namesake: Manuel Baquedano
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth
Launched: 5 July 1898
Commissioned: 22 August 1899
Decommissioned: 15 December 1959
Notes: Also known as La chancha
General characteristics
Displacement: 2500 t
Length: 240 ft (73.2 m)
Depth: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion: 1,500 HP, Belleville boiler
Sail plan: corvette
Speed: 13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph)
Crew: 333

General 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 deckboy of the Baquedano).

Crew of Chilean training ship GENERAL BAQUEDANO, July 1931 (7140263401)

The crew of the General Baquedano while on a visit to Sydney, July 1931

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