| Name: | ESMERALDA |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 04/07/1895 |
| Launched: | 14/04/1896 |
| Completed: | 04/09/1896 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 639 |
| Dimensions: | 7032disp, 436.0 x 52.4 x 20.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VTE, 16000ihp to 18000ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 22.75knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 8.0ins, 16 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 8 x 1 x 12pdr QF, 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; |
| 3 x 18.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 04/09/1896 | Government of Chile - Chilean Navy |
| 1929 | Broken up |
| Comments: |
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