Several ships of the
Chilean Navy
The Chilean Navy ( es, Armada de Chile) is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso.
History
Origins and the War ...
have been named ''Almirante Latorre'' after
Juan José Latorre:
* , a
dreadnought
The dreadnought (alternatively spelled dreadnaught) was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's , had such an impact when launched in 1906 that similar battleships built after her ...
battleship laid down in Britain in 1911, acquired still unfinished for the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
in 1914 and completed and put into service as HMS ''Canada'', she was refitted and sold to Chile in 1920, commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1921, decommissioned in 1958, and scrapped in 1959
* , a , the former HSwMS ''Göta Lejon'', purchased from Sweden and commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1971, decommissioned in 1984, and scrapped in 1986
* , a , the former HMS ''Glamorgan'' (D19), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1986, decommissioned in 1998, and sunk ''en route'' for scrapping in 2005
* FFG-14, a , the former HNLMS ''Jacob van Heemskerck'' (F812), was sold to Chile in 2005
* FFG-14, an , the former HMAS ''Melbourne'' transferred to Chile in 2020
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Almirante Latorre, Chilean ship