Talismán (ship)

History
Peru
NameTalismán
BuilderBlackwood & Gordon, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched13 January 1872
Commissioned1873
FateScuttled, 1881
General characteristics
TypeShip transport
Displacement310 long tons (315 t)
Length170 feet
Beam23 feet
Draught10 feet
Speed12 knots
Complement80
Armament4 × 12-pounder Armstrong guns

BAP Talismán was an iron hull ship transport of the Peruvian Navy built in Glasgow. During the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Talismán was one of several ships that supplied Peru with war material that arrived from the United States, Europe and Costa Rica to Panamá.[1] With the blockade of Callao and after the defeats at the battle of San Juan and Chorrillos and the battle of Miraflores, the ship was sunk by its own crew with the rest of the Peruvian fleet to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

References

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  1. ^ Rubilar Luengo, Mauricio E. (2004), "Guerra y diplomacia: las relaciones chileno-colombianas durante la guerra y postguerra del Pacífico (1879 - 1886)", Revista Universum (in Spanish), 19 (1): 148–175, doi:10.4067/s0718-23762004000100009