''Teniente Serrano'' was a

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commissioned by the

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in 1896. It was built by

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along with three other destroyers: ''Capitán Orella'', ''Capitán Muñoz Gamero'' and ''Guardiamarina Riquelme'' (later ''Lientur''). They were steel-hulled torpedo boat destroyers with a turtleback forecastle and four funnels. These ships were, when built, the most advanced ships of their type in Latin America, closely related to contemporary British destroyers. On trials the vessels made on . ''Teniente Serrano'' was launched at Laird's

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shipyard on 16 May 1896.

References

*Lyon, Hugh. "Chile." In ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905'', edited by Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, and Eugene Kolesnik, 410–15. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979. . .

External links

* Chilean Navy website
Destructor Serrano (1896)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Teniente Serrano Capitán Orella-class destroyers 1896 ships

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