| Name: | O'HIGGINS |
| Type: | Armoured Cruiser |
| Keel: | 19/03/1896 |
| Launched: | 17/05/1897 |
| Completed: | 02/05/1898 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 650 |
| Dimensions: | 8476disp, 412.0 x 62.0 x 22.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (36, 64 & 62, 62 x 39ins), 16000ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screw, 21.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 8.0ins, 10 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 10 x 1 x 12pdr QF, |
| 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 3 x 18.0ins torpedoes (1 x stern, 2 x broadside) | |
| History: | |
| 02/05/1898 | Government of Chile |
| 1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1933: Decommissioned |
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