Английская Википедия:Chilean cruiser O'Higgins (1897)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsOШаблон:'Higgins[nb 1] was a Chilean armoured cruiser. OШаблон:'Higgins was built by the British shipbuilder Armstrong to the design of Philip Watts, and served with the Chilean Navy between 1898 and 1933.
Construction
In April 1896, the Chilean government ordered an armoured cruiser, to be called OШаблон:'Higgins, from Armstrong, Whitworth & Co to the design of Sir Philip Watts at a cost of £700,000. The ship was laid down at Armstrong's Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne shipyard on 4 April 1896, launched on 17 May 1897 and completed on 2 April 1898.[4][5]
Design
OШаблон:'Higgins main armament consisted of four [[EOC 8 inch 40 caliber|Шаблон:Convert]] 40 calibre guns in single turrets, with two on the ship's centreline fore and aft and two port and starboard in line with the forward funnel. Ten [[QF 6 inch /40 naval gun|Шаблон:Convert]] 40 calibre guns were fitted, with six in casemates and the remaining four in single turrets. Four [[QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun|Шаблон:Convert]] guns, ten 12-pounder guns and ten 6-pounder guns completed OШаблон:'HigginsШаблон:'s gun armament. All guns were designed and built by Armstrongs. Three Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes were fitted, with two submerged tubes on the ship's beam and one above the waterline right aft.[4][1]
The main protection was a belt of armour along the side of the ship, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert deep, which was Шаблон:Convert thick around the ship's machinery, reducing to Шаблон:Convert fore and aft. An armoured deck protected the whole length and beam of the ship, with between Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert thick armour. The ship's hull was clad in copper and wood to reduce fouling.[4][1]
The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, supplied by 30 Belleville water-tube boilers, driving two shafts. These engines generated Шаблон:Convert and propelled the ship to Шаблон:Convert.[4] Up to Шаблон:Convert of coal could be carried, giving a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[1]
Operational history
While OШаблон:'Higgins was nearing completion at Elswick in the winter of 1897, tensions were growing between Spain and the United States of America over the ongoing rebellion in Cuba. Rumours circulated that Spain was trying to strengthen its navy in case of war with the United States by purchasing warships from other countries. The rumoured targets for Spain included OШаблон:'Higgins, the newly completed Chilean armoured cruiser Шаблон:Ship and the protected cruiser Шаблон:Ship also nearing completion for Chile at Elswicks.[6] As the outbreak of the Spanish–American War became more likely, the United States also attempted to supplement its fleet by purchasing, amongst other ships, OШаблон:'Higgins,[7] but the negotiations did not result in the sale of the Chilean warship, and OШаблон:'Higgins arrived at Valparaiso on 25 July 1898.[3][nb 2]
The ship hosted a meeting between the President of Chile, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren and the Argentine President Julio Argentino Roca at Punta Arenas on 15 February 1899, to normalise relations between the two countries. This meeting became known as the "Embrace of the Straits" (El Abrazo del Estrecho). The ship was sent to Panama in 1903 as a result of the confrontation between the United States and Columbia that was ended by the separation of Panama from Colombia.[5]
In 1919, OШаблон:'Higgins was fitted with a floatplane that could be lowered to and from the sea for operations by crane. On 12 March 1920, OШаблон:'Higgins collided with the Chilean cargo ship SS Llai Llai at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Llai Llai sank.[10] An aircraft crashed into OШаблон:'Higgins on 24 August 1920, killing the pilot.[5] The ship was refitted twice, in 1919–1920 and 1928–29.[11]
In 1931, OШаблон:'Higgins was involved in the large scale mutiny that swept the Chilean fleet, being seized by its crew on 1 September 1931.[12]
OШаблон:'Higgins was decommissioned in 1933[5] and scrapped in 1958.[5][nb 3]
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Brooke, Peter. Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927. Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway's Maritime Press, 1979. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Whitley, M.J. Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhamton Press, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN.
External links
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокWhitley p25не указан текст - ↑ Parkes 1931, p. 120.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 "The Almirante O'Higgins, Recently Built, Arrives at Valpariso". The New York Times. 26 July 1898.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокConways60 p413не указан текст - ↑ "Spain and New Warships". The New York Times. 3 November 1897.
- ↑ "Two Warships May Be Ours: Chile May Sell the O'Higgins and Argentina the Garibaldi or San Martin, besides Torpedo Boats". The New York Times, 16 April 1898.
- ↑ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 154.
- ↑ Brooke 1999, pp. 86–88.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite newspaper The Times
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 Brooke 1999, p. 107.
- ↑ Urrutia , Carlos López. "A Century of Peace". Chile: A Brief Naval History. Historical Text Archive. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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