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Esmeralda 1890s

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Esmeralda			Armstrong, Newcastle, UK	4.7.1893	14.4.1894	4.9.1896	stricken 1929

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	7000
Displacement full, t
Length, m	132.9 pp
Breadth, m	16.2
Draught, m	6.17 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	16000
Max speed, kts	22.2
Fuel, t	coal 1300
Endurance, nm(kts)	5500(10)
Armour, mm	Harvey; belt: 152, protective deck: 51 - 38 with 51 - 38 slopes, shields: 114, CT: 203
Armament	2 x 1 - 203/40 Armstrong P, 16 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W2, 8 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)
Complement	500

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Project history

Cruiser was designed by P. Watts and became development of exported cruisers of "Elswick" type. Though she had an armoured belt, but this belt was very narrow and raised over wl on 0.5m. On trials Esmeralda considerably exceeded designed machinery power and speed. Steel hull was wood and copper-sheathed.

Ship protection

100.0m-long belt extended 0.6m above and 1.5m below lwl and was closed by 152mm bulkheads. Complete protective deck had 25mm thickness behind the belt and 51mm at the ends.

Modernizations

1910: - 4 x 1 - 152/40

Naval service

No significant events.