Blanco Encalada

Blanco Encalada was an Almirante Cochrane–class central battery ship built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull, England, and commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1875. Nicknamed El Blanco, she served prominently during the War of the Pacific. She participated in the capture of the Peruvian monitor Huáscar during the Battle of Angamos.

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length 64 metre, 
central battery ironclad, Almirante Cochrane-class central battery ironclad, Chilean Navy, Earle's Shipbuilding, 

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War of the Pacific

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Battle of Angamos

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Chilean Civil War of 1891

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1875-05-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

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