Several ships of the Chilean Navy

Chilean Navy

-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the...

 have been named Almirante Latorre after Juan José Latorre

Juan José Latorre

Juan José Latorre Benavente Chilean Vice Admiral, one of the principal actors of the War of the Pacific, and hero of the Battle of Angamos.-Early life:...

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, a dreadnought battleship laid down in Britain in 1911, acquired still unfinished for the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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 Tre Kronor class cruiser, the former HMS Göta Lejon, purchased from Sweden and commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1971, decommissioned in 1984, and scrapped in 1986, a County class destroyer, the former HMS Glamorgan (D19), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 1986, decommissioned in 1998, and sunk en route for scrapping in 2005, a , the former HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (F812), was sold to Chile in 2005