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Name: ESMERALDA
Type: Cruiser
Keel: 05/04/1881
Launched: 06/06/1883
Completed: 15/07/1884
Builder: Armstrong, Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 429
Dimensions: 2950disp, 270.0 x 42.0 x 18.6(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x C2cyl, 6083ihp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 18.25knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 10.0ins, 6 x 6.0ins, 2 x 6pdr guns
History:
15/07/1884 Chilean Navy
15/11/1894 Imperial Japanese Navy; renamed IZUMI
12/06/1904 Broken up
Comments: 15/07/1884: The fastest cruiser in the world at this time
15/11/1894: Sold via the Government of Ecuador to maintain Chilean neutrality
1899: 6.0ins guns replaced with 4.7ins QF guns
1901: 10.0ins guns replaced with 6.0ins QF guns


Photo in Leslie's dock 28/02/1884, copyright Tyne & Wear Museums

As ESMERALDA, photo from Navy & Army Illustrated 1884, courtesy of Kevin Blair

Photo as IZUMI courtesy of Photoship