The Chilean submarine ''Hyatt'' (S23) was an
''Oberon''-class submarine
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in the
Chilean Navy, originally
launched under the name ''Condell''.
Design and construction
The submarine, built by Scottish company
Scott Lithgow, was laid down on 10 January 1972, and launched on 26 September 1973.
The planned April 1975 completion was delayed by the need to redo internal cabling, then was pushed back further by an explosion aboard in January 1976.
[ She was commissioned into the Chilean Navy on 27 September 1976.]Battle of Iquique
The Battle of Iquique was a naval engagement that occurred between a Chilean corvette under the command of Arturo Prat Chacón and a Peruvian ironclad under Miguel Grau Seminario on 21 May 1879, during the naval stage of the War of the Pacifi ...
,Global Forum for Naval Historical Scholarship
/ref> and is the second Chilean warship of the name after the 1928-launched destroyer ''Hyatt''.
Operational history
''Hyatt'' was in service from the mid-1970s until the late 1990s.
Decommissioning and fate
''Hyatt'' and sister boat ''O'Brien'' were replaced by the ''Thomson''-class submarines.
In 2003, ''Hyatt'' was sold, exported and scrapped at Puerto General San Martin near Pisco, Peru
Pisco ( qu, Pisqu) is a city located in the Department of Ica of Peru, the capital of the Pisco Province. The city is around 9 metres (28 feet) above sea level. Pisco was founded in 1640, close to the indigenous emplacement of the same name. Pisco ...
. This attracted some attention due to poor environmental processes during ship breaking
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at the site.
Razón y Fuerza discussion thread (in Spanish).
References
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O'Brien-class submarines (1972)
Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
1973 ships