Huascar

>she carried during the indecisive action fought with british ships off >Pacocha, in 1877. From Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 volume: 190' x 35' x 18', 2030 ton, two masts, one funnel. 1-shaft steam engine, 1650 ihp, 12.3 knots. Armour 4.5" belt, turret 8" 2- 10" 12.5 ton guns in one twin turret, 2-40 pounder guns. No torpedo tubes listed. I know that in the action you describe, HMS Shah *did* fire a torpedoe (legend says it was launched off the wardroom table!) but the Huascar outran it. Shah is listed in Conway's as having two "torpedo carriages". Incidentally. Huascar survives as a musuem ship in Chile, who captured her on 8.10.79.

Updated 1996-01-03 by Lars Bruzelius

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