In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the South American nations of Argentina and Chile engaged in an expensive naval arms race to ensure the other would not gain supremacy in the Sout
Libertad, seen here c. 1893, was laid down in 1890 as part of the developing naval arms race between Argentina and Chile
The protected cruiser Esmeralda, portrayed here by painter Edoardo de Martino, was purchased by the Chilean Navy in the 1880s to bolster its fleet
HMS Triumph, a Swiftsure-class battleship, was originally ordered by the Chilean government, but was sold to the United Kingdom due to the successful Pacts of May.
ARA Libertad (1892)
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ARA Libertad was a coastal defense ship that served in the Argentine Navy between 1892 and 1947, and with the Argentine Coast Guard as a pilot station ship from 1947 to 1968. It was the seventh Argent
Argentine–Chilean naval arms race
…Libertad, seen here c. 1893, was laid down in 1890 as part of the developing naval arms race between Argentina and Chile In the late nineteenth and early twentieth…
ARA Libertad details in Jane's 1902 edition
Side and top views of ARA Libertad in Brassey's 1899 edition