| Name: | CAPITAN THOMPSON |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 12/01/1898 |
| Launched: | 06/05/1899 |
| Completed: | 15/03/1902 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 673 |
| Dimensions: | 348disp, 223.5 x 20.5 x 5.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (20.5, 31 & 33.5, 33.5 x 18ins), 6500ihp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0inch torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 15/03/1902 | Government of Chile |
| 1924 | Stricken |
| Comments: | 12/01/1898: Laid down as a "stock" vessel & launched without name |
| Intended to fill an Admiralty requirement for a 30.0knot destroyer | |
| However she struggled to meet that speed, especially for prolonged periods | |
| Completion delayed by cracked cylinders & replacement propellers | |
| 12/1901: Sold to the Government of Chile |
Above photo copyright of the Vickers Archive