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Cochrane 1874
Another old-timer is shown on the stamp of Chile, one of a set of stamps honouring the bicentenary of the birth of Lord Cochrane, the stamp showing one of the Chilean warships named after him. She is the Almirante Cochrane. a central-battery ship launched at Hull in 1874. Her hull was wood, protected by iron sheathing. SG772
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Re: Cochrane
Built as an ironclad battleship under yard No 187 by Earle’s Shipbuilding Co., Hull, U.K. for the Chilean Navy.
1873 Keel laid down.
23 January 1874 launched as the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE one sister the VALPARAISO.
Displacement 3,370 ton, full load 3,560 tons, dim. 64 x 14.2 x 6.0m. (draught)
Powered by two compound steam engines, 3,000 ihp, twin shafts, speed 12 knots.
Bunker capacity approx. 500 ton coal.
Barque rigged. Fighting tops on the main and foremast.
Ram bow and one funnel.
Armament: 6 – 9 inch, 1 – 4.7 inch, 1 – 9pdr., 1 – 7 pdr. guns.
Crew 300.
December 1874 completed. Building cost 2,000.000 Pesos.
The two ships were designed by the well know British naval architect E.J. Reed.
The armored frigate ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was a ship of the Chilean Navy in the late nineteenth century. She was built, like her twin, the armored frigate VALPARAISO in the UK in 1875. She participated in the War of the Pacific, with her most prominent action being her defeat of the Peruvian monitor HUÀSCAR in the Angamos naval battle. The COCHRANE was part of the forces that defeated President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War in 1891.
In 1871 the president of Chile, Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, initiated a bill in the Chilean congress to authorize the executive to purchase two armored vessels. The bill passed with only with a single opposing vote (that of the former president Jose Joaquin Perez Mascayano, and provided for two medium sized ships (frigates) and that the total cost of the purchase would be 2,000,000 pesos.
The Chilean ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alberto Blest Gana, was placed in charge of the project. Blest Gana hired the British ship designer E.J. Reed, a former naval architect to the British admiralty, as technical adviser.
The order was placed at Earle's Shipbuilding Co. in Hull, Yorkshire. The frigates were to be named ALMIRANTE COCHRANE and VALPARAISO (the VALPARAISO was subsequently renamed BLANCO ENCALADA). The construction of the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE began in April 1872. The ship was launched and sailed to Chile in 1874, before having been completed, because of fears of a potential conflict with neighboring Argentina and Bolivia. The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE arrived at the port of Valparaiso on December 26, 1874, commanded by Captain Coneyin and returned to the UK to be completed in January 1877, after her sister, the VALPARAISO had arrived.
In January 1878, once the dispute with Argentina had been settled, President Aníbal Pinto instructed Alberto Blest Gana to arrange for the sale of the two frigates in order to alleviate the economic crisis that had prevailed in Chile for several years. On behalf of Blest Gana, E. J. Reed offered ALMIRANTE COCHRANE to the UK for the sum of 220,000 pounds sterling, but the British declined. Reed then tried to sell the two ships to Russia, but again without success.
.The COCHRANE also had a steam boat which was equipped with a torpedo on a bowsprit. The only time this boat was used was on the expedition to Callao, where it was used to try to sink Peruvian ships.
The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE participated in the Pacific War, most prominently being taking part in the defeat and capture of Peruvian monitor HUÁSCAR in the Naval Battle of Angamos, on October 8, 1879. At the start of the war the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was commanded by Captain Enrique Baeza Simpson and since April 5 was present at the blockade of Iquique.
At the end of June 1879 the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was the flagship of the 2nd Naval Division, in charge of the blockade of Iquique with the gunboat MAGELLAN, the corvette ABTAO and the MATIAS COUSINO. On July 16, the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE and MATIAS COUSINO were relieved by the BLANCO ENCALADA and LAMAR, respectively, and withdrew to Antofagasta.
In August 1879, the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE sailed to Valparaiso and underwent maintenance for the next month. Captain Juan Jose Latorre then took command. Latorre was also head of the 2nd Naval Division, which also consisted of the LOA and O'HIGGINS, ALMIRANTE COCHRANE then went on to participate in the decisive naval battle of Angamos . The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was also present in 1880 when the Peruvian corvette UNION broke the blockade of Arica.
1889 ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was rebuilt by Earle in Hull and rearmed with 6 – 8 inch 13½ ton Armstrong BLRs, 3 – 6 pdr Hotchkiss QF, 6 – 37mm Hotchkiss and 3 – 14 inch torpedo tubes. Received new boilers and horizontal triple expansion steam engines, 4,300 ihp, speed 13.6 knots
During the Civil War of 1891 ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was part of the forces that defeated President José Manuel Balmaceda.
At dusk on January 7, 1891, the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE towed the HUÁSCAR, which had her machines dismantled, from the Bay of Valparaiso to Las Salinas, where the HUÁSCAR was prepared for service. On August 23, 1891, she participated in the battle against the forces at Valparaiso, along with the ESMERALDA and under the command of Jorge Montt. The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE took between 10 and 12 hits, whilst the ESMERALDA took between 6 and 8.
Between 1897 and 1900 rebuilt in a gunnery training ship and her existing armament removed and her fore- and mizzenmast. Her subsequent arnament varied , in 1919 she had 4 – 4.7 inch, 2 – 12 pdr., and 4 – 3pdr guns. 1908 Hulked and in 1934 scrapped.
Chile 1979 3.50p sg819, scott? (she is the vessel on the right on the stamp, on the left is the HUASCAR.)
http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 021#p17021
Source: Wikipedia. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905
1873 Keel laid down.
23 January 1874 launched as the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE one sister the VALPARAISO.
Displacement 3,370 ton, full load 3,560 tons, dim. 64 x 14.2 x 6.0m. (draught)
Powered by two compound steam engines, 3,000 ihp, twin shafts, speed 12 knots.
Bunker capacity approx. 500 ton coal.
Barque rigged. Fighting tops on the main and foremast.
Ram bow and one funnel.
Armament: 6 – 9 inch, 1 – 4.7 inch, 1 – 9pdr., 1 – 7 pdr. guns.
Crew 300.
December 1874 completed. Building cost 2,000.000 Pesos.
The two ships were designed by the well know British naval architect E.J. Reed.
The armored frigate ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was a ship of the Chilean Navy in the late nineteenth century. She was built, like her twin, the armored frigate VALPARAISO in the UK in 1875. She participated in the War of the Pacific, with her most prominent action being her defeat of the Peruvian monitor HUÀSCAR in the Angamos naval battle. The COCHRANE was part of the forces that defeated President José Manuel Balmaceda in the Chilean Civil War in 1891.
In 1871 the president of Chile, Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, initiated a bill in the Chilean congress to authorize the executive to purchase two armored vessels. The bill passed with only with a single opposing vote (that of the former president Jose Joaquin Perez Mascayano, and provided for two medium sized ships (frigates) and that the total cost of the purchase would be 2,000,000 pesos.
The Chilean ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alberto Blest Gana, was placed in charge of the project. Blest Gana hired the British ship designer E.J. Reed, a former naval architect to the British admiralty, as technical adviser.
The order was placed at Earle's Shipbuilding Co. in Hull, Yorkshire. The frigates were to be named ALMIRANTE COCHRANE and VALPARAISO (the VALPARAISO was subsequently renamed BLANCO ENCALADA). The construction of the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE began in April 1872. The ship was launched and sailed to Chile in 1874, before having been completed, because of fears of a potential conflict with neighboring Argentina and Bolivia. The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE arrived at the port of Valparaiso on December 26, 1874, commanded by Captain Coneyin and returned to the UK to be completed in January 1877, after her sister, the VALPARAISO had arrived.
In January 1878, once the dispute with Argentina had been settled, President Aníbal Pinto instructed Alberto Blest Gana to arrange for the sale of the two frigates in order to alleviate the economic crisis that had prevailed in Chile for several years. On behalf of Blest Gana, E. J. Reed offered ALMIRANTE COCHRANE to the UK for the sum of 220,000 pounds sterling, but the British declined. Reed then tried to sell the two ships to Russia, but again without success.
.The COCHRANE also had a steam boat which was equipped with a torpedo on a bowsprit. The only time this boat was used was on the expedition to Callao, where it was used to try to sink Peruvian ships.
The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE participated in the Pacific War, most prominently being taking part in the defeat and capture of Peruvian monitor HUÁSCAR in the Naval Battle of Angamos, on October 8, 1879. At the start of the war the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was commanded by Captain Enrique Baeza Simpson and since April 5 was present at the blockade of Iquique.
At the end of June 1879 the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was the flagship of the 2nd Naval Division, in charge of the blockade of Iquique with the gunboat MAGELLAN, the corvette ABTAO and the MATIAS COUSINO. On July 16, the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE and MATIAS COUSINO were relieved by the BLANCO ENCALADA and LAMAR, respectively, and withdrew to Antofagasta.
In August 1879, the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE sailed to Valparaiso and underwent maintenance for the next month. Captain Juan Jose Latorre then took command. Latorre was also head of the 2nd Naval Division, which also consisted of the LOA and O'HIGGINS, ALMIRANTE COCHRANE then went on to participate in the decisive naval battle of Angamos . The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was also present in 1880 when the Peruvian corvette UNION broke the blockade of Arica.
1889 ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was rebuilt by Earle in Hull and rearmed with 6 – 8 inch 13½ ton Armstrong BLRs, 3 – 6 pdr Hotchkiss QF, 6 – 37mm Hotchkiss and 3 – 14 inch torpedo tubes. Received new boilers and horizontal triple expansion steam engines, 4,300 ihp, speed 13.6 knots
During the Civil War of 1891 ALMIRANTE COCHRANE was part of the forces that defeated President José Manuel Balmaceda.
At dusk on January 7, 1891, the ALMIRANTE COCHRANE towed the HUÁSCAR, which had her machines dismantled, from the Bay of Valparaiso to Las Salinas, where the HUÁSCAR was prepared for service. On August 23, 1891, she participated in the battle against the forces at Valparaiso, along with the ESMERALDA and under the command of Jorge Montt. The ALMIRANTE COCHRANE took between 10 and 12 hits, whilst the ESMERALDA took between 6 and 8.
Between 1897 and 1900 rebuilt in a gunnery training ship and her existing armament removed and her fore- and mizzenmast. Her subsequent arnament varied , in 1919 she had 4 – 4.7 inch, 2 – 12 pdr., and 4 – 3pdr guns. 1908 Hulked and in 1934 scrapped.
Chile 1979 3.50p sg819, scott? (she is the vessel on the right on the stamp, on the left is the HUASCAR.)
http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 021#p17021
Source: Wikipedia. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905
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