Chilean corvette Abtao
Chilean corvette Abtao | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Chile | |
| Name | Abtao |
| Namesake | Battle of Abtao |
| Ordered | by the Confederate States Navy |
| Builder | Dennis Brothers, Scotland |
| Launched | 29 October 1863 |
| Commissioned | 1 June 1867 |
| Decommissioned | 1922 |
| Renamed | ex Texas, Cyclone |
| Honours & awards | Naval Campaign of the War of the Pacific |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1600 t |
| Length | 211 ft 6 in (64.47 m) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Installed power | 800 ihp (600 kW) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 200 |
| Armament | 1 × 5.8" and 4 × 4.7" guns |
The corvette Abtao was a wooden ship built in Scotland during 1864 of 1.600 tons and 800 IHP. She fought in the War of the Pacific and was in service for the Chilean Navy until 1922.