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are often highly controversial - especially at the time when
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Archived former site of a committee led by Germán F. Westphal, a former
Chilean political prisoner and a professor at the University of Maryland in the United States. They believe the ship should not be allowed in ports as long as the crimes remain unpunished. Last updated 15 March
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regime from 1973 to 1990. It is claimed that probably over a hundred persons were kept there at times and subjected to hideous treatment, among them
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World Sail in 1983. She also participated in
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My 35-year fight to find Pinochet torturers who killed my brother
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Pinochet's torture ship sails into Sydney, sparking protests
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protest actions were recorded, among other places, at
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602:Armament: 4 × 57 mm ceremonial gun mounts
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829:"Rebel Youth Magazine: Esmeralda in Canada"
501:Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission
751:"Protest against Chilean 'torture ship'
487:Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)
19:For other ships with the same name, see
16:Training Barquentine in the Chilean Navy
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593:Maximum displacement: 3,754 tons
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561:The Dark Side of the White Lady
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256:4 × 57 mm ceremonial gun mounts
599:Maximum sail speed: 17.5 knots
596:Maximum engine speed: 13 knots
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633:List of large sailing vessels
311:captured from the Spanish at
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321:Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane
695:Esmeralda: The torture ship
657:Sail Training International
208:13.11 m (43.0 ft)
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590:Gunwale height: 5.3 metres
538:Victoria, British Columbia
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1094:Ships of the Chilean Navy
1054:Military history of Chile
681:February 1, 2013, at the
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481:Prison and torture centre
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573:General characteristics
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587:Stanchion: 8.7 metres
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148:Nickname(s)
130:MMSI number
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895:. CBC News
863:2011-05-08
839:2011-05-08
810:2011-05-08
787:(in Dutch)
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757:(in Dutch)
746:2016-04-29
662:2024-05-05
639:References
607:midshipmen
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485:See also:
430:Valparaíso
245:Complement
121:IMO number
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626:Esmeralda
534:Vancouver
526:Dartmouth
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469:In 2019,
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361:schooner
329:corvette
253:Armament
139:Callsign
107:Launched
89:Operator
79:Namesake
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396:Voyages
323:of the
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