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Chilean barquentine Esmeralda
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For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Esmeralda.
Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine[1] of the Chilean Navy.
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Name | Esmeralda |
Operator | Chilean Navy |
Laid down | 1946 |
Launched | May 12, 1953 |
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Nickname(s) | La Dama Blanca (The White Lady) |
Status | Training ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Juan Sebastian Elcano Class |
Displacement | 3754 tons |
Length | 113 m (371 ft) |
Beam | 13.11 m (43.0 ft) |
Height | 48.5 m (159 ft) |
Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
Sail plan | four-masted barquentine; 21 sails, total sail area of 2,870 m² (30,892 sq. ft.) |
Speed | max 13 knots engine, 17.5 knots sail |
Complement | 300 sailors, 90 midshipmen |
Armament | 4 × 57 mm ceremonial gun mounts |
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