The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-26
CHILE ; NAVY.
The Captain Prat and other Vessels That
Arc on the List.

Arc on the Aist.
Cuue's best was vessel. and the only one which
gives oar navy any concern. is the. Captain Prat,
and, fortunately, this has not YET come Into her
possession, being still under construction at Les
FORCES ct Chauutrs de Ia Medlerrauee OF TOu-
Ion. The Pat Is an armOred steel bail e-shIp OF
5000 tons displacement. q little larger there
fore, than our Maine aud was launched De Gem
Der %. 1890. Ii is believed that she is now com
y.ete with The exception OF receiving heI battery.
She has a beIj OF twelve inches OF steel, and is
cred lied with a speed OF nineteen knots. Her
powerful armament includes. in tue first place,
four Sl4-Hch Ctnrt breecu-lOduiug rifles mount
ed in DaIbette Juriets, one forward, one aft and
one on each side amidShIps Ceutrai-lOadiBg
tubes enable these guns 10 be loaded in any posi-
ton. ana the thorough modern character Of The
vessel is shown By Tie substitution OF electricity
and tureJ-. While the latter can be worked
also by hand 10 case Of need. Ia addition there
are eight "a inch Jauel rap.d-hte guns, mounted
on s. eclal carriages IN pairs. IN closed tuuets,
TWO on each side Of The ship. These carriages
also can be operated either by hand or by cleo
tlcUy. The secondary battery consists OF seven
Maxim machine guns, SIX revolving cannon. and
eIgft rapid hIc guns OF small CaIber. together
with four CaDet torpedo tubes. Taking together
Eer spe @, Ler aTmur protection, aud her Ere
battery puWer, the Captain Prdt >UIpaSses any
thing Ihit we have at present re.dy 10 meel her.
Tie que silOu whether She vii Ue delivered 20
Chile by her contractors before tue outbreak OF
hos llIes surprising that WAT should dc ualiy
OCCu. Is a highly uua ortauL one. IL size should
NOT he 30 delivered. she would be uf no use Co
The CHIeaus. since size would undoubtedly be de-
taHeu eE tile French Government.
$40 other new vessels launched III Il Seyue
in June ana ~eitembpr. 1890 are the Pfesl-
drnte l. .r.LuIiE and IreSiueHte PINTO. These
have ca deIves Ell 90 Chile aui ave ready for
service. They are prot ecIed cruisers OF 2oSO
IONS di-uldcrlneuT or lust about Thar OF the De-
trHit and her sister suID launched recently at
Baltimore They nave length Of POS feet hy
breadth OF 35s4, aud are bulii Tor speed. The
ErazuuZ. in TRIALS under induced draughr IAN
SIX times over Tie measured course Of lGa4 uau-
Teal niles. and her ayeiage sueed va, rs >
kauts lude. natural trtuEiIt size reaches l4is
ku0L>. lie iWo vessels are certainly speedy.
ami n Is said they can Steam 1900 KNOBS al lie
Taie OF II knots per hour, Without recalling
They nave batteries OF JariG-Er. guns bus We
nave rI-rfy Of much more powerful vessels 10
lake care ul them.
Tie E-metaIdA was considered I'D her day the
best al, round cruiser of Ter type af0aL She
was launched ODD Jun 1888, al The establish
iaeDi az Sir " .Utam Armstrong 4 Co she is a
protected cruiser Of ZS1U IONS disbursement. and
0Ifg.uaIfv carried Two lO-uch ana siN G.iucH
Armstrong guns Il has siuce been said That
the heavier guns dld NOT work vel. ana were re-
placed by others She has. OF course an auXIl-
laIy battery. This vas tie vessel THAT was sent
10 convoy The Itata u Tie san Diego affair, aud
there was no little speculation as 10 lie result OF
a Io,ttI5 meeting berU cen her and ia Charles
ION when Tie latter was sent in uursur Tee FS-
meraIda', engines develop about 600 horse
power c!yiU. her A speed OF eighteen knots
lie 4 Imjraute C0curdDe IF 1850 tons IS case
mated baltt-ship hu.iI al Hull IN 1874 from de-
signs u BIZ. r. O.. Reed. She was a sister ship
Of lie BlaucO EucaIada which was sunk by q
tgru-dO }u Csldela harbor last Anil The former
vessel has new armament, consisting OF i've
s-uch a ton Armstrong blecch-loaders in
thu guu-GeCk caSemate While a sixth originally
belonged 10 The battery. but proved defective.
Size also las a number OF HO.cuklss rapid-lIe
guus aud revolving cannon in her secondary bat
Ter. she las iWu above water torpedo tubes
forward and one ar, with SPAR tnbe carried
amdshjps i was reported some time ago that
Ihe PigpcO EncsIada was 10 be raised II posi-
lie buI n remains to be seen whether ihlie viii
stienuf 10 he her again Al ali events uer
mate, Tie Cucnraue. Is an effective ship, with her
good battery and her uiue-lncb arnlor Al lie
Water-line. bun she Is TOO slow her engines de-
welcoming .s11 horse poyer and giving Ler a
mech N h. .iif f1uaIyz Z oofs
lie Hua>car Is an iroDclad OF about 1000
tons disbursement. CAPTURED from Peru lu 1879.
Size vas Iulf Id 1850. and has but 4la-luch
armor 40 lie Water-Iiue with 5Is aud inches
on the lgupr She carries Two I2-ton Ann
strong. and Two 4J-pouudefs IS slow ana alto
pefDeg moi formidable.
lie rriucIpsl oIuer war.veSsels or Chile ara
her torredo craft and 10 these She greatly ex-
Gels 0uruayv. Most noticeable among them are
tie DsIr Of torpedo-cruiserS The Almlfaute
Iyucn and Almiraute Condel. Tney were
launched 10y the Laird Brothers early il 1890.
ana The former promptly distinguished herself
last year shortly after her completion. by sink
inU tne BIluco EucaIad4 as already mentioned
I6ev have a length Of 24O feet beam OF 2-Is
agd a drauCht moi exceeding 10 feet. They nave
tHiiIy-eigll Water-tgHI compartments A central
p
lie f,,. sells ~ h0lleTS The foloT,ny addifiouaI
gpscrIuti9H IL owen or Them bv arr Rurreu of
Naval InfeIltr-1ca.
e. The machinery space is protected by steel
buILneads EXPANDING from blIge 10 guuwala and
forming lie coal buuEers TWopaIr of Iriule eX-
papsIt,l1 engine, give 1900 l. II. +. and an esiI.
mated sUeed of II kuofs
Baft-ry-Iuree HotcbKfsz I4-pOunder z =
G. fyvo on tie forec4stla and one AFT. tour three
p0urdar IA X G. and Two t3atjlugs Rive for-
pedo tubes aie ftled, one in he bow and rour on
broad.tde
these vesselz have good freaboard at tho
ends a high platform for The bow and stern Guns
being scared by a tOiipalltnU fgrec3stla ana halF
noon which eve annie st,scs for me accom-, mo-
dalton OF Officers and mem
In their trials The Lynch mad. 4 mean sueed
OF Zl54 knots while lie COnueH apparently did
SIN better, since IN 4 three hOurs' run at sea,
Will most unfaV0Idble weather. with heavy wind
and rough water, size secured 2iIz knots under
au Indicated horse power 0f 1880. In her Trials
Tor coal endurance continuous run OF SIX hours
at knots gave a consumption OF ONLY 80
pounds per kuot so that al his rate The Con
dell has steaming radius of $500 miles with
normal coal supIly Of 100 ions
BESIDES tbaxa Is,o vessels I0ile has ton frat
class torpedo-boafs and two second class and
a Oondlv sfi,,r,i,, of [Vtftabaad t,r,edoas ,vni@b
she has lately aupupufed There is no doubf
whatever that she is better oGuinned than onr
forces 10 THIS particular bur our shIDS wound
profit by tie experience OF The BIapco EncaIada
which did moi take suirabIe DrecautlopS agtiust
"A sunrise aud also was poorly manned
lie O'HlggIns a wooden corvette Of 100
tons built I'm 1867 was dafntpcd I'm an engage
maut WIFI lie Valparaiso forts last yeat The
MagrIlaBes a composite gunboat Of $50 tons
buIlT Ia 1874 and carving one 7-inch rife and
some raUld fire guns was damaged az Cbanaral
last Ami In an euRapepept with tie Lynch
Tie Ioudeu and the S4Ii4pto AIdeg hut drove
item ali OH. Tie Aldea, a 7OJan Iornedo.boat.
there Is the Cnacabuco' of 100 tons. and Inc