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Updated: May 13, 2025
He is spoken of as "an officer of the highest capacity and bravery, remarkably quiet and unassuming, and an excellent seaman. His people worshipped him, and all who knew him honoured him." In 1868 he had been given command of the Huascar, an ironclad monitor of 1130 tons displacement, 1200 horse-power, and with a nominal sea-speed of 11 knots.
Immediately following this, Chili increased her navy by repurchasing the corvette Abtao a sister ship to the famous Alabama of American Civil War times built in 1864, of 1050 tons displacement, 300 horse- power, and with a nominal sea-speed of 6 knots.
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