starboard profile drawing of huáscar
captain cowper coles, masterpiece, huáscar, wrote:
...as sea-going vessel of 1,100 tons, 300-horse power, , speed of 12 1/4 knots. foremast fitted tripods; carries 2 300-pounders in 1 turret.
...the huascar class of 1865 fitted hurricane deck; 1 of 6 different classes designed , built messrs. laird brothers, whom credit great success due. can fire right ahead 300-pounders, , aft within 15 degrees of line of keel, have stern chaser either on or under poop.
the british magazine engineering, 4 july 1879, page 11, on peruvian ironclad turret ship huáscar writes:
she armour-clad monitor built messrs. laird brothers, of birkenhead, in 1866...... 190 ft. in length between perpendiculars, 35 ft. in extreme breadth, , 19 ft. 9 in. in depth of hold. builder s tonnage 1101, , indicated horse power 1500. draught of water 15 ft. 6 in., , maximum speed said 12 knots when boilers in condition, , bottom clean. usual speed under working conditions not more 10 1/2 11 knots. propelled single screw. huascar rigged two-masted vessel, foremast being upon captain cole s tripod principle. freeboard, or height of deck above water, 5 ft. carries 2 300-pounder armstrong guns in 1 turret, protected 5 1/2-in. armour plating upon teak backing of 14 in. sides protected armour plating 4 1/2 in. thick amidships, tapering 2 1/2 in. @ extremities, worked upon teak backing of 14 in. there armoured pilot tower of hexagonal form abaft turret ship worked in action; , openings in deck protected 2-in. iron plates shipped in openings skylights or hatchways. huascar iron-built vessel, , @ time built perfect in appliances of defence, , in internal arrangements.
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