| Name: | CHACABUCO launched as FOURTH OF JULY |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 11/08/1896 |
| Launched: | 04/07/1898 |
| Completed: | 17/01/1902 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 663 |
| Dimensions: | 4160disp - 4500disp, 360.0 x 46.5 x 18.2(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (40, 60 & 66, 66 x 33ins), 10000ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 8.0ins, 10 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 16 x 1 x 3pdr QF, 6 x 1 x 1pdr QF guns; |
| 1 x 18.0ins torpedo (bow), 4 x 18.0ins torpedoes (broadside); | |
| (1941: 6 x 1 x 6.0ins, 4 x 1 x 3.0ins guns, no torpedoes); | |
| (1945: 6 x 1 x 6.0ins, 10 x 1 x 20mm AA guns, no torpedoes) | |
| History: | |
| 17/01/1902 | Government of Chile |
| 1952 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 11/08/1896: Laid down as a stock YOSHINO type, sister to the TAKASAGO |
| 04/07/1898: Launched as FOURTH OF JULY | |
| 04/05/1899: Underwent initial steam trials | |
| Completion delayed until a buyer was found | |
| 1941: Major refit, with new bridge and revised armament |
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