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Chilean corvette <i>General Baquedano</i> (1898)

Chilean corvette General Baquedano (1898)

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General Baquedano was the first training ship of the Chilean Navy ordered specifically for this purpose. She replaced in this function the old Abtao and Pilcomayo.

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Baquedano by Christopher Rave

From 1922 to 1926 she was refitted in Talcahuano. She continued to serve as training ship until 1935.

In the literature

Francisco Coloane wrote the novel El último grumete de la Baquedano (The last deckboy of the Baquedano).

The crew of the General Baquedano while on a visit to Sydney, July 1931

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