Notes, A protected cruiser. Meaning she lacked an armoured belt and relied on compartmentalisation and her bunkers to protect vital spaces. Commissioned in 1898 and armed with 2x8" guns. Chacabuco was placed in reserve in 1928.
Ww2 saw her reactivated and modernised. She remained in good condition. Modernisation standardised her to 6x6" guns and 4x 40mm. (40mm were later replaced by 10x 20mm in 1945)
Used to lead/support destroyers in maintaining chilean neutrality. B/U in 1950s.
Some stat adjustments Mains should be closer to 5443 new stat line for 8’ 2nd should be on. Maybe 443? 75’s ? 3rds 22? AA4 Armour 3 it had plenty of armour more than a fletcher.
8" were removed when she refitted for war service. Her armament after that point is 6x6" guns only.
Armour given the lack of belt armour is up for discussion.
She technically doesn't have belt armor, but she does have a pretty decent amount of deck armor. This isn't the normal deck armor we're used to though, where it's only vertical. It also runs down diagonally to go under the water line, fully protecting the machinery/magazines (sort of like a turtleback scheme, actually). I say there should be some debate between armor 3 and 4 though, since while the armor is somewhat thick and angled, it was probably made from relatively (for WWII) quality steel, having been made prior to 1900.
Last Edit: Mar 16, 2022 18:37:36 GMT by joshuphigh
I couldn't either, but I figured it would be weird for the designers to do something like that before ships shot at longer ranges. Sorta bad sourcing but the Wikipedia explanation of the difference between an armored cruiser and a protected cruiser sort of cleared it up.
We could up the armour and lower the vital armour? (It is true that the belt is generally present to protect against more catastrophic hits, which VA represents, right?) We could also give her tough cruiser, as a half-way point (destroyer shells tended to be smaller than cruisers at least, though it makes sense that the armour would not be effective).
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