HSwMS ''Göta Lejon'' was a

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. Together with her

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, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy.Hans Jakobsson
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Hjak.se Retrieved 18 September 2013 In 1971 ''Göta Lejon'' was sold to Chile where she was renamed ''Almirante Latorre'' and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984. She was sold to Taiwan in 1986 to be scrapped.

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(Göta Lejon's last voyage) Militærhistoria.se. Tre Kronor-class cruisers Ships built in Gothenburg 1945 ships Tre Kronor-class cruisers of the Chilean Navy {{Sweden-mil-ship-stub