Capitán Prat was a unique ironclad battleship of the Chilean Navy built in the late 1880s and completed in 1890. Armed with a main battery of four 9.4 in guns in four single turrets, Capitán Prat was
The German East Asia Squadron in Valparaíso in November 1914; Capitán Prat is at extreme right
Chilean Civil War of 1891
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The Chilean Civil War of 1891, or the Second Chilean Civil War or Revolution of 1891, was a civil war in Chile fought between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the President, José Manue
Chilean battleship Capitán Prat
…boats. Argentina responded with the coastal defense ships Independencia and Libertad. The race continued through the 1890s, even after the expensive 1891 Chilean Civil War. The race culminated in the orders for two armored cruisers for the Argentine Navy and two Constitución-class battleships for the Chilean Navy, though…
Picture of the rebel fleet attacking Valparaíso, late August 1891, published in Le Petit Journal.
Battle of Concón, Chile. 21 August 1891.
President José Manuel Balmaceda
The Iquique revolutionary junta (from left to right): Waldo Silva, Vice President of the Senate; Jorge Montt Álvarez, captain of the ship and president of the same; and Ramón Barros Luco, president of the Chamber of Deputies.