Chilean tug Colo Colo (1931)

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Flag of Chile.svgChile
NameColo Colo
Namesake Colo Colo
Operator Chilean Navy
Ordered1929 [1]
Builder Bow, McLachlan & Co, [2] Paisley, Scotland
Yard number494 [2]
Launched1931 [2]
In service1931 [2]
IdentificationATA 73
Status Museum ship
General characteristics
Type tugboat [2]
Tonnage361 tons GRT [2]
Displacement760 tons displacement [2]
Length126.5 ft (38.6 m) [2]
Beam27 ft (8.2 m) [2]
Draught14 ft (4.3 m) [2]
Installed power1050 IHP diesel (since 1971) [2]
Propulsionscrew [2]
Speed12 knots (22 km/h) [2]
ArmamentOne 3 in (76 mm) cannon; two 20mm machine guns [1]

Colo Colo is a historic tugboat of the Chilean Navy built in Scotland for Chile in 1931. [2] She was a steamship until she was reconditioned in 1971, [1] at which time she was re-engined as a motor vessel. [2] She spent her service career in southern Chile. [1]

During the Chilean naval mutiny of 1931 she chased the Chilean submarine Rucumilla near the Quiriquina Island. [3]

In 1987 she was withdrawn from service and preserved at the Chilean Navy Museum at Punta Arenas. [2]

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References

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