Blanco Encalada combined a barque rig with six boilers, two trunk engines, twin shafts, and a quoted top speed of twelve knots. At ten knots, her stated range was 1,200 nautical miles, and her complement was about 300. Her main battery consisted of six nine-inch muzzle-loading rifles, supplemented by lighter weapons whose exact fit changed over time. Protection included a thick midships belt, an armored battery, deck armor, a protected conning tower, and armored bulkheads. The result was a compact regional capital ship intended to preserve fighting power through armor and machinery redundancy.
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Machinery, guns, and armour aboard Blanco Encalada
The ship combined barque rig, twin-shaft steam machinery, six nine-inch muzzle-loading rifles, and layered belt, battery, deck, tower, and bulkhead protection.