Chilean destroyer Serrano (1896)

In 1895 the Chilean Government ordered four destroyers from the Laird Brothers shipyard: Teniente Serrano, Capitán Orella, Capitán Muñoz Gamero and Guardiamarina Riquelme (later Lientur). They all were commissioned in 1896.

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 30.1-30.42 kn on 6313-6398hp.