Chilean corvette General Baquedano

Corvette Baquedano
History
Chile
Name	General Baquedano
Namesake	Manuel Baquedano
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Launched	5 July 1898
Commissioned	22 August 1899
Decommissioned	15 December 1959
Notes	Also known as La chancha
General characteristics
Displacement	2500 t
Length	240 ft (73.2 m)
Depth	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	1,500 HP, Belleville boiler
Sail plan	corvette
Speed	13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph)
Crew	333

General Baquedano was the first training ship of the Chilean Navy ordered specifically for this purpose. She replaced in this function the old Abtao and Pilcomayo.

From 1922 to 1926 she was refitted in Talcahuano. She continued to serve as training ship until 1935.

Francisco Coloane wrote the novel El último grumete de la Baquedano (The last deckboy of the Baquedano).

Wikimedia Commons has media related to General Baquedano (ship, 1899).

• Luis Enrique Delano Farewell to the Baquedano in Chilean magazine "Zig Zag"
• Felipe García-Huidobro Correa, Centenario del primer viaje de instrucción de la corbeta General Baquedano 1899-1999 Archived 2004-06-12 at the Wayback Machine