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set speed and accuracy world records in big-gun shooting. For the latter, 100 out of 100 shots hit a target.
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678:Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927
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501:List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy
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288:6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) guns
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312:Deck: 1.5–2 in (38–51 mm)
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364:protected cruiser of the same name
315:Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)
205:20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
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141:General characteristics
275:6 in (152 mm)
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366:to Japan via Ecuador.
18:Chilean ship Esmeralda
350:Background and design
215:6 cylindrical boilers
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988:Unprotected cruisers
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937:Presidente Errázuriz
526:Brooke 1999, p. 101.
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473:1:48 scale model of
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582:Adrian J. English,
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1070:Chacabuco
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972:Esmeralda
884:Chacabuco
859:O'Higgins
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490:See also
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390:Service
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